Every piece, no matter what it is, is replete with memories and emotions. I’ve painted all my life and there are some paintings I wonder about. Paintings that relatives and other people framed and put on their walls. Sometimes I see them in the background in family photographs and I always wonder what happened to them. We’re they given away? Thrown away or just left behind during one of the many moves from one place or country to another? It’s probably the latter. Lost in transit somehow. It is heartbreaking in a way. Artwork is a significant reflection of a moment in your life that means something. Especially when you’re a young person. I remember why I painted what I did when I painted them when I was a child.
You’re right! Keeping your art is really important. Hell! Most of the art I’ve posted here is old! All my figure drawings are 40 years old. I didn’t just keep it. I preserved it, laminating it so it would never fade or tear or fall apart. I’m so glad I did that! Now I take photographs of everything and have the photographs available in seconds. My iPhone and the cloud are how I archive them, as well as uploading them to Photobucket.
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