If you’ve been reading my blog, you know I paint and sculpt, etc… I ran out of room to put my paintings to dry so I put some on the ledges in the hallway. Oils can take a long time to dry so they’ve been there a few days.
I popped outside for a smoke and when I came back I noticed one of my paintings missing. It was a simple painting exercise from a book I’m using to teach myself some basic skills, and I painted two of the same. There’s nothing valuable or original about them but I guess someone liked them enough to swipe one. I just hope the paint was dry and they didn’t smear it.
A year or so ago I would have gotten angry and knocked on doors until I tracked down whoever stole it, and given them a piece of my mind. Instead, I laughed, I took it as sort of a compliment; and I understood someone might have thought the art was free to take because it was in the hallway. Besides, I have a picture of it.
Even funnier is the fact that as I was writing this blog two more paintings went missing. I am definitely the victim of art thieves. I wonder if I should have my future artwork insured….
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