Bartc
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Saturday our plein air group was out painting at a state park. One of our painters was creating another of her marvelous renderings of an old gnarled tree. A middle aged or older woman was passing on the path and dropped an inappropriate comment.
"That's pretty good for a beginner", she said. According to our painter, she appeared to be serious as she walked on past.
Our painter was stunned, mystified, maybe a little hurt and confused by the comment. She recounted the incident to our group at lunch and we joked with her about it to ease the sting.
She is anything but a "beginner". She's quite an experienced and accomplished painter, which shows in her beautiful work, and that tree painting was no exception.
Usually passers by are kinder in their comments. Most say either automatically or meaningfully, "beautiful". Kids love anything they see you painting. We hadn't experienced the negative or back handed compliment before.
Was the lady callous? Was she ignorant? Was she somehow intending to be encouraging? Who knows.
Have you ever encountered this kind of rude or crude comments when painting in public?
"That's pretty good for a beginner", she said. According to our painter, she appeared to be serious as she walked on past.
Our painter was stunned, mystified, maybe a little hurt and confused by the comment. She recounted the incident to our group at lunch and we joked with her about it to ease the sting.
She is anything but a "beginner". She's quite an experienced and accomplished painter, which shows in her beautiful work, and that tree painting was no exception.
Usually passers by are kinder in their comments. Most say either automatically or meaningfully, "beautiful". Kids love anything they see you painting. We hadn't experienced the negative or back handed compliment before.
Was the lady callous? Was she ignorant? Was she somehow intending to be encouraging? Who knows.
Have you ever encountered this kind of rude or crude comments when painting in public?