PHOTO PROMPT © Anne Higa
Leo likes to remember how it all went down. Diagnosed with cellulitis, he was prescribed steroids. Thinking it was his Muse’ sense of humor, Leo reveled in his manic creativity at the easel. He painted with colors, shapes, and ideas that would make Bosch blush and Gauguin giggle.
When Yasmin’s gallery asked him to put together an exhibit for March, he included, “Dog in Clouds at Circus” on a lark.
Patrons gathered, buzzed, and tweeted friends. The local news channel’s you-tube reached a MoMA acquisitions broker. Leo’s first sale bought him a year’s art supplies. He visits “Dog” and laughs.
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Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the artistic host of Friday Fictioneers.
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A success story!
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Yes! 🙂
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👍🏼😍
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You can fool all of the critics some of the time
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lol! Thanks, Neil.
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Lovely story.
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Thank you, Neel.
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Good for Leo, someone ‘made it’!
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🙂 Yes!
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Well done Leo
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🙂
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Never overestimate the taste of the public. (K)
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🙂
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Just goes to show, doesn’t it? If you don’t have the balls to put it out there…
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If you can’t put your balls on the line, time to go home.
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Darn tootin’! 😉
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Yea for Leo for making the best out of something.
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Yes! Even if he was under the influence when he created it, he still has a year supply to do other art.
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Sometimes it doesn’t matter how you get there…just get there.
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❤
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Yep, that’s how it happens. The piece you think is the worst is always the first to sell.
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Bear I know what you mean. A poem I wrote not long ago that I wasn’t real happy with went off of the charts with likes.
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I could go for one of those little surprises myself! Lol
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Same here, Christine!
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Irony. My favorite. Well done.
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Thanks, Bill!
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Well done, Leo. Let’s move onto painting cats and rabbits.
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lol! Thanks for reading and your comment, James.
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a leo but no that leo, who cares? in his own way, he made it. 🙂
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Heck yes, Plaridel!
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Dear Lisa,,
It never ceases to amaze me when I post a picture that I’m not all that convinced of and it gets riotous feedback. Don’t see myself in the MoMA but never say never. 😉 Good one. I love Gaugin giggling. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, you’re right, never say never! Very happy you enjoyed the story. Thank you.
Shalom,
Lisa
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nicely done! 💖💖
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🙂 Thanks!
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Taste is so individual especially with art.
Nicely told, Lisa. Art is in the eye of the viewer.
Isadora 😎
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Thanks much, Isadora ❤
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Who can fathom what does and doesn’t hit the mark with art. I’m glad Leo came out on top with his ‘Dog’.
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🙂 Thanks for reading and the great comment, Margaret.
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I like “manic creativity” – I can picture him at his easel 🙂
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🙂
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Smart success!
A year’s supply is the bonus.
Am sure with creativity, there will be more such wins!
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I hope so! Thanks for reading and your comment.
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Blessing in disguise. Good one !
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🙂 Thanks, Vartika!
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A whole year’s supply! Wow! I wonder what he’ll paint next 🙂
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🙂
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Dog in Clouds at Circus. LOL. I love the way you describe the whole process but that title just gets me.
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Anne, I was trying to be as silly and funny as I could and I’m glad you saw the humor in it 🙂
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Love this. A happy result. And it sounds like it’s helping his mind, body and bank balance!
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Yeppers 🙂 Thanks, Laurie.
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