While visting my sister one year in Sacramento, California, I found myself a little bored at her house waiting for her to come home from work on some days. This day, I called her at work and asked her if I could paint her boring off white patio wall, I just felt it needed something, she entertains here often and spicing it up with some original artwork would be unique. To my surprise, she told me, “yes”. Without even asking what I was thinking of doing to it. I asked her, “don’t you care what I do to your wall? I might screw it all up!”, she replied, “No, I trust you”. Her trust inspired me to be sure I did something Cool. I rode her bike to a nearby hardware store and purchased some supplies, then returned and started in directly. I painted the whole thing with a three or four inch sponge roller, just free painting, no drawings, no outlines and no clear idea of what I was doing, I had a blast and actually enjoyed getting paint all over me. I still wear the shorts and shirt with the paint stains! The only sure thing I knew I wanted, was the flames coming out of the grill. When she got home I was anxious and scared to see her reaction, she loved it. The little outline of the doggy door in the bottom right was an ode to her two little wiener dogs, Sydney and Sammy.
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