It is just so easy to take things for granted, especially if they surround us every day and we’re so used to experiencing them. My partner started on an art journey shortly after we have gotten together, and for the past almost 9 years there was not a moment when she was not making something, except when she is not feeling well.
We bought our home roughly one year into our relationship when we were still relatively a new couple, so we had to negotiate how we wanted to manage the space. One of the terms I agreed to was that all the wall space belonged to her, so she could hang her art however she wanted. It was something that I felt I had to concede at that point, but now I am filled with gratitude every time I see them.
Only after 8 years I had the idea to document them, so I randomly took a camera and shot most of these photos yesterday (some of them are from my partner). I wanted to share them as they are in our daily life and setting, so there was zero effort to clean up the space or stage anything. I edited them minimally in lightroom, mostly because it has been raining and the natural lighting in our home was not optimal.
These are some of the earliest paintings she had done:
I just really admire the way she has been so creative:
Even our printer is so pretty – she made it this way because I like pixel art:
Yes, showing you the mess at our door in its full glory:
Where we keep our art materials – she crocheted a dress for that doll:
Some of the stuff dropped off over the years. The door handle was one of the first items that started her crochet journey:
Even the kitchen is not spared:
We see this painting while we poop – it is even hung at the correct height:
I know how much my partner loves me just by looking at this wall:
Everywhere is an opportunity to display more art:
She doesn’t paint as much anymore so I cherish them even more. I am glad that the person I am now is capable of possessing the awareness to appreciate them every single day. What a wonderful thing to be surrounded by a person’s expressions of her expansive interior world.