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Shannon Bueker

Posted by Apr 17, 2013 Posted in The Thank You Project, Writing

The Thank You Project

 

 

Dear Shannon,

I own an original painting of yours and have for some time — my best guess is eight or nine years by now. It’s a lovely painting of a bunch of flying pigs I discovered at Portfolio Art Gallery in Five Points in Columbia, South Carolina.

I have no idea how you painted it, what inspired you to paint it, or when you painted it. What I do know is that the first moment I saw it; it spoke to my heart. And it has done so every day since then.

I admired it long before I owned it, in the days when I could barely make the rent and car payment. Then one day I went to see it and it was gone. Many months later I was back in the shop and asked if there might ever possibly be another one — knowing all the time the answer would be no. But the answer wasn’t no. Turns out, someone had been test-driving the painting at home and the pigs were coming back to the gallery the next day. That’s how your pigs came to roost with me.

Your painting has been a gift in my life for many years and I am so grateful to have it. It’s one of my most cherished posessions. Thank you for creating it.

Sincerely,

Julie Turner

The Thank You Project is a Wordsmith letter writing and blog project. I’m recognizing and thanking people who enrich my life and make my community an even better place to live.

5 Comments

  • shannon on May 06, 2013 Reply

    hey Julie, I didn’t know the lovely thank you letter I got in the mail was a blogpost, too! Glad I finally saw the little box in FB to click and get here.

    • julie on May 06, 2013 Reply

      Thank you for your lovely note, Shannon. I adore my pigs!

  • Mom on Apr 18, 2013 Reply

    Love those pigs too! Everyone likes to be appreciated and complimented on some good work……………………….Well done!!

  • Aunt Dee on Apr 17, 2013 Reply

    love it. And ditto the above comment-the artist will be so pleased

  • Kevin Smith on Apr 17, 2013 Reply

    What an amazing post. How thrilled the artist will be to receive your letter.

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