She was one of the first girls I got to meet at the Villa. She was very quiet, but extremely sweet. She sat next to me at dinner the first night, and would only giggle if I tried to say anything to her. I suppose that's to be expected though, considering I don't know too much Spanish and I probably said something really strange ;] Hopefully when I see her next, I'll be able to actually have a full conversation with her that makes sense.
Anyways, I've been thinking a lot about her lately (well... I think a lot about all the girls at the Villa ALL THE TIME IT'S RIDICULOUS). She's the inspiration behind my new painting. Maybe some day I'll get to share it with her :]
(sorry for the glare!!)
It is of a girl painting in La Chureca (the dump). It's much harder to paint garbage than you think! Yikes! But that's basically what the background is... garbage. There's the landfill with the yucky smoke, then there's the scattered garbage. Then there's the hill with a house made out of garbage. Just tons of garbage!
I didn't make the girl look like Erminia, partly because I couldn't quite create flattering features within a tiny area, and partly because I want the viewer to imagine any little girl living in these conditions. And my tiny version of Erminia's painting doesn't come close to how cute hers is, but I tried!
The purple dress resembles the dresses the girls at the Villa have, and the flowers remind me of the flowers at the Villa. I only placed the flowers around her, not in the background, as if to say she has a beautiful life despite her ugly home.
So that's that! The second oil painting I've ever done! Thanks Erminia ;]
It's beautiful! And my 10 year old is standing here and said "WOW! It's pretty! I like how she added all the touches to the dump".
ReplyDeleteGreat job! :-)
Taylor is in awe of your paintings.
ReplyDeleteJess, this is wonderful! You have a gift! I feel blessed to see your heart for the girls at the Villa and for FEI. I'm gonna post this on the FEI facebook page... I hope that's ok with you! :)
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