Yesterday was the opening of the exhibition of paintings from the painting classes at the Casa de la Cultura.
Over time I have been working on a 3 painting series of Blue Doors from photos I had taken over the years. Two of the doors were from old buildings in Old Town Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, the other one was of the door of the building that used to house the museum here in Guaymas.
The new Arts and Culture director for Guaymas opened the exhibition after the classes and various dignitaries were introduced and then snacks were served.
While everyone was chatting my teacher came over to me and asked where the one door I had painted was from, was it in Guaymas? I said yes, it was and explained to him where it was. He then told me that the new director had asked him who had painted it as he wanted to meet them. The teacher took me over to him and introduced us and we began chatting.
It turned out that at some point in the directors life he had removed the air conditioner and re- concreted the wall, on the painting I had put in this detail as it showed as a rectangle of a different texture and colour on the photo. He had also painted the door blue.
What a coincidence!! He said that he recognized the building and wanted to meet me and tell me about it. He was surprised when I knew it had been the museum and had visited it before the flood ruined it.
Really odd the things that happen sometimes, to me that was a one in a million chance that anyone would recognize the building or even know anything about it. Just shows what a small world it is.
This is the painting of the door. Oil on canvas.
Size: 12 x 15 x 2 in. or 31 x 38 x 5 cm.
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