This canvas is 11″ wide x 14″ high and has not one, but two paintings under it which I did not do.
I made a timelapse video of the creation of this painting which you can see on YouTube HERE, but because it was actually made for social media the time restraints made it so I couldn’t tell the full story.
This canvas came into my hands painted with a water scene, a dock, and a moon.
The person who gave it to me had painted these things atop another person’s painting.
She had attended a paint and sip party that was themed with the idea of redoing or painting over other people’s art.
She was not pleased with her art, and doesn’t consider herself any sort of a visual artist.
She therefore thought I should have the canvas because I could put it to good use.
The thing about such paint and sips I don’t really like is that what you have is a bunch of non artists and hobby artists painting over other people’s work. In general the work isn’t very good they are painting over. They get these canvases at thrift stores and such. Even so, for all we know, it was somebody’s very personal art, or maybe their best works. It bugs me a bit. Also, most (not all) people who go to paint and sips are not exactly art experts as a general rule. How many great or valuable works get destroyed?
Yep, it’s a bit annoying.
With that said, I’m all about reusing a canvas. I paint over many paintings by others, but usually given to me by the creator of the work. For whatever reason, they don’t want their painting and don’t want to paint over it themselves. They don’t see the piece as something saleable or something they’d like to sell. They decide it’s best life is to be repurposed as another painting of a different type by yours truly.
I oblige, and it’s not because I am a starving artist, but because I am a big believer in true recycling. Real recycling is reusing and repurposing things.
It goes beyond art. For example, back when I was young we recycled glass soda bottles. Recycling meant the soda bottlers washed, sterilized, and reused the bottles. Nowadays that isn’t how it goes most places. At best, the little bit that does get recycled is crushed up and new glass products are made from it.
Alrighty, so back to the Girl with a chai tea latte.
The girl that brought me the canvas doesn’t drink coffee. She drinks chai tea lattes. Those aren’t my thing. I drink coffee. I drink mochas. My daily grind is black coffee straight up or with a bit of cream. My treat coffee is a nice hot mocha.
Not digging coffee is strange to me, but this gal doesn’t do coffee.
Lucky for me, chai tea lattes are a regular offering in coffee shops. If that weren’t the case I’d feel I was putting her out when I wished to visit a coffee shop.
As previously stated, I like my mochas hot. Warm is good, but not cold except maybe on the hottest of summer days.
This person who gave me the canvas doesn’t just drink iced chai tea lattes in the summer, but in the winter too.
I consider this strange, but it is her deal. Maybe she feels the same way about my mochas.
Ahhh, my babble has went to long for such a small and simple painting. Go watch the creation video if you’d like a bit more.
If you like this painting You can get a print of Girl with a chai tea latte HERE.