{"id":1038,"date":"2012-12-12T16:08:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T21:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2013-03-05T20:58:24","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T01:58:24","slug":"sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/2012\/12\/12\/sisters\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nine years ago, I painted the mansion where the parents of these two little girls were married. It was a wedding gift from the brother of the groom, and I was honored to be able to help commemorate their wedding day. I was even more honored when he contacted me nine years later and commissioned another painting!<\/p>\n<p>His brother and sister-in-law are now the proud parents of two beautiful daughters, and this painting was commissioned for his brother&#8217;s 40th birthday. I promised to have it finished in time for Christmas, and nothing keeps me motivated like a deadline, so I spent several lovely weekends painting for many, many hours at a time<\/p>\n<p>This blast from my past got me thinking about where I was in my life when I painted that mansion. It was the summer after I graduated from college, I was living at my parents&#8217; house, painting in their basement and job-searching. I had no idea what I was doing, but a year later, I was working in the registrar&#8217;s office at a college, living with nice strangers in Brighton and working on another commission.<\/p>\n<p>Life is good.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center\" alt=\"Sisters\" src=\"http:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/gallery\/paintings\/sisters.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"555\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Sisters<\/em>, oil on 24&#215;30&#8243; canvas, December 2012<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- relpost-thumb-wrapper --><div class=\"relpost-thumb-wrapper\"><!-- filter-class --><div class=\"relpost-thumb-container\"><style>.relpost-block-single-image, .relpost-post-image { margin-bottom: 10px; }<\/style><h4>random related posts:<\/h4><div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div><div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div><!-- relpost-block-container --><div class=\"relpost-block-container relpost-block-column-layout\" style=\"--relposth-columns: 5;--relposth-columns_t: 4; --relposth-columns_m: 4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/2012\/07\/19\/gallery-810\/\"class=\"relpost-block-single\" ><div class=\"relpost-custom-block-single\"><div class=\"relpost-block-single-image rpt-lazyload\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/related-posts-thumbnails\/img\/default.png\" style=\"background: transparent no-repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 100px; height: 100px; aspect-ratio: 1\/1;\"><\/div><div class=\"relpost-block-single-text\"  style=\"height: 70px;font-family: Arial;  font-size: 11px;  color: #4f0e21;\"><h2 class=\"relpost_card_title\">Gallery 810<\/h2><div class=\"relpost_card_exerpt\">I finally finished a painting that I've been worki...<\/div><span class=\"rpth_list_date\">July 19, 2012<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/2024\/02\/14\/boston-harbor-tall-ships\/\"class=\"relpost-block-single\" ><div class=\"relpost-custom-block-single\"><div class=\"relpost-block-single-image rpt-lazyload\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/related-posts-thumbnails\/img\/default.png\" style=\"background: transparent no-repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 100px; height: 100px; aspect-ratio: 1\/1;\"><\/div><div class=\"relpost-block-single-text\"  style=\"height: 70px;font-family: Arial;  font-size: 11px;  color: #4f0e21;\"><h2 class=\"relpost_card_title\">Boston Harbor Tall Ships<\/h2><div class=\"relpost_card_exerpt\">A perfect snow day yesterday ... no work and yes s...<\/div><span class=\"rpth_list_date\">February 14, 2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/2024\/02\/13\/marthas-vineyard-paintings\/\"class=\"relpost-block-single\" ><div class=\"relpost-custom-block-single\"><div class=\"relpost-block-single-image rpt-lazyload\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/related-posts-thumbnails\/img\/default.png\" style=\"background: transparent no-repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 100px; height: 100px; aspect-ratio: 1\/1;\"><\/div><div class=\"relpost-block-single-text\"  style=\"height: 70px;font-family: Arial;  font-size: 11px;  color: #4f0e21;\"><h2 class=\"relpost_card_title\">Martha&#039;s Vineyard paintings<\/h2><div class=\"relpost_card_exerpt\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div><span class=\"rpth_list_date\">February 13, 2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><!-- close relpost-block-container --><div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div><\/div><!-- close filter class --><\/div><!-- close relpost-thumb-wrapper --><!-- Developer mode initialization; Version: ;4.3.3Relation: both; All categories: 1;Found 3 posts;Basic sizes;Got sizes 100x100;Post-thumbnails enabled in theme;Post has no thumbnail;Getting image from post body;No image was found;Found wrong formatted image: ;Image URL: ;Image is empty or no file. 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