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.
What an amazing post. How thrilled the artist will be to receive your letter.
love it. And ditto the above comment-the artist will be so pleased
Love those pigs too! Everyone likes to be appreciated and complimented on some good work……………………….Well done!!
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.
Thank you for your lovely note, Shannon. I adore my pigs!