Family Portraits.

Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing well!

With the conservatory project nearing completion, it's time to add the final details to it. Those come in very gradually, because I want them to 'grow' in place, as if they've always been there.

One of the latest additions are a few old family portraits. I remember growing up seeing these at my parents home, that is, the full scale version of them. And in fact they're part of the very few surviving portraits of that era. 

From left to right you see my mom when she was a few months old, my grandparents, and then my mom again, when she was a little girl. The gentleman on the right is the iconic tango singer Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), whose songs I love. 

So, in the end, this project ended up being a tribute to my mom and her parents, that is, my grandparents. I never knew my grandma; she passed away very young, when my mom was only 5 years old. From her portrait I can see she was a beautiful lady, very sophisticated, and played the piano very well. In fact she was a piano teacher. My grandpa passed away some 40 years ago already, but I was lucky to be his 'favourite grandson' for most of my childhood. He claimed having met the famous 'Che' Guevara and shaking his hand, when the latter visited my home country in 1961. He was quite proud of that. I still miss him very much.

 

That's all for now, folks. Thanks for visiting, keep safe, and see you next time!

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