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My Mother´s Paintings
My mom kept her paintings all around the house, a lot of them hanging around the house, giving it a lot of color. My mom started painting as therapy due to a diagnostic she received about ten years ago, the doctors told her she had arthritis, and she needed to find a hobby for her to relax, she decided to paint, at first it was only a hobby, she did mostly abstract painting, but as the years went by she got more interested on this so she went with a friend of her for painting lessons. If I´m honest at first she wasn´t that good, not even with the lessons, but eventually she decided to go even further and decided to assist to “CONARTE” lessons, which showed a lot more techniques, but of course this wasn´t enough for her, she decided to even study an art career, which in my opinion was the point in which she started to be really good, right now she is studying, painting, working with the plastic arts association of Nuevo Leon, a active member of the plastic arts association of san Pedro and on top of that, she is a mother, she takes care of everything in our house, that´s something I admire very much. When I get home I´ll find her with her apron and her hands stained with paint, with eye bags on her face, but still with a loving face, and caring for me and my sister. If I´m honest my opinion on her paintings have changed a lot throughout the years, at first I didn´t care much because I saw it as just a hobby, but now since she has gotten very good and now I understand the sacrifice that represents her paintings, because as you may know arthritis affects bone joints, and one of the body parts that this disease affects the most is the hands but still she ignores the pain and follows her passion.
