"Deficient"

[Cherylclaire]

A photo of my latest painting - still got symptoms, but getting better !

[Marz]

Wow - such a gift .... I love to try and paint but sadly not too good at it

[Cherylclaire Forum Support in reply to Marz]

The only thing I was any good at really. Well, that and woodwork- but not up to doing much joinery these days, on account of I have lost all my muscles and gained a bad back. So a bit of a one-trick pony.

How's the weather where you are? Bet you're glad you missed the Beast from the East !

Keep painting every day like no-one's watching: a gift to yourself, Marz.

Thanks , and hope you are well.

[Marz in reply to Cherylclaire]

Thank you - am fine coming out of the rough 😊 Weather great whilst in the sun. Will get my brushes out and try to fly the family flag. Check out James Fitton RA ...

[Cherylclaire Forum Support]

Did that: excellent! Especially love the old couple sharing a bottle in the pub.

He really looks the part too....how are you related?

[Marz in reply to Cherylclaire]

Distant cousin of my Dad - also a Fitton - keep promising myself a serious search .... one day.

[Foggyme Administrator]

Cherylclaire...I think you've been hiding your brush under a bushel.

It's fantastic...and even more so because you've been able to do it.

Wow...as someone who has no artistic ability at all...I stand in awe.

🤗🤗🤗

[Cherylclaire Forum Support]

Thanks, lovely Foggyme, this is still me but on a good day, so not there yet but so much better than I was and wasn't able to paint then .....

anyway, forever hopeful, am seeing the gastroenterologist in a couple of weeks and this one seems helpful, kind: it's all we want really, isn't it ? (Although a diagnosis would be nice)

Paintings do something that I can't get to happen using words or even photos- maybe I should take canvas with me to appointments ?

[MariLiz]

Love it! Brilliant, and done from an unusual angle too. I find Art helps me forget about feeling unwell.

[Cherylclaire Forum Support]

True. You can see why it is used in therapy- you can tell your own story without having to struggle with words, for one thing.

Glad you liked it, MariLiz . Was thinking that this could be therapy plus a good medium for raising awareness.... or would painting your unwell self remind you about feeling unwell ?

[ My mum said I haven't made myself pale enough- I didn't want to look like some drowning pre-Raphaelite ghostly victim, though. Can see what she means - I look a bit like I've had a couple of Merlots ! ]