Sunflowers

I like sunflowers. I always have. I bought some the other week (happened to be right after we finished the dining room) and I put them in a vase on the coffee table in the living room.

Marc: I really like sunflowers
Sara: Me too
Marc: Maybe I can paint a picture of sunflowers and that is what we'll hang on the wall in the dining room
Sara: Hrm. Ok.

Viola! My husband is an artist! I knew this about Marc - he's always loved to draw and he took a handful of graphic design courses in high school. I have all sorts of things he drew for me during our fake dating phase (these are the years when we liked each other, but neither one of us would admit it). He would hide hearts in the pictures he drew for me - I love that he would do this.

I loved the idea of Marc painting a picture for the wall - how awesome to display something you created yourself rather than something painted by some dead guy. I'll be honest, I had little hope it would happen in a timely fashion. I figured we'd have an empty wall for awhile (I mean, heck we had left it empty for two years so what was the rush now, right?)

Not Marc - he grabbed the coupon from the Michael's ad in the Sunday paper and stopped by and picked up all the supplies he needed. Then he found a picture he liked and sat down and went to work. The man is unbelievable! It took him 5-6 hours to complete the entire thing and it looks SO AMAZING! I love having a work of art on my wall that was created by my husband and comes from the heart!

You probably can't see the heart he hid in the painting from this picture, but next time you're at the house take a look and see if you can find the heart!

I'm lucky because there is another canvas (it was buy one get one free and Marc Pensyl doesn't pass up a deal)...I can't wait to see what Marc will create on that canvas!