Painting and story from St Marks Square

Artist and Resident of Keperra Sanctuary, QLD

My husband and I were on a tour of Europe, when we got to Venice it was a very wet Venice. And in St Mark’s Square I saw a young lad feeding the pigeons, I took a photo and when I returned home, I did a painting of it.  

I hung it at the Maleny Arts and Crafts Exhibition, and it didn’t sell, so I took it home.

The next day I had a phone call from a woman who came to my home and had another look and said, "I’d like to buy it" and handed me the money.

When leaving, she said, "the reason I hesitated was because I am going blind and I wasn’t sure it was wise that I buy it. However, I decided I would want to enjoy it for the brief period I had my sight."

This for me was very touching and brought me a great joy to think that I could bring her happiness from something that I’d done.

Pam’s words of advice

Like the woman in that story I think we should store up the good happy stories so that when times are tough we can draw on them to give us strength.