Paciencia

CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA

WENDY GAUNTLETT-SHAW – ARTIST



18”x36” Oil on Canvas

Original $3000

Fine Art Giclee Reproduction: $600

(On Canvas, Stretched and Gallery wrapped, ready to hang)

10% Donated for micro loans to women

The woman in this painting gives me a sly smile as I glance at her. She knows something I do not know. What is it? The fruit seller speaks to me softly as if to say, “Yes, I know you have to go through doubt and fear, but you know what you need to do.” She speaks without words. She is a bit shy. A heavy fruit bowl is balanced on her head. Yes, life is a balancing act.

“Do not give up,” she tells me with that sly smile and twinkle in her eye. Keep moving forward, the same as she does every day, to sell her fruit in the shade of giant trees in the open square. I like her quietness. It perhaps reminds me of myself as a young girl.

It takes baby steps to grow.  “Have patience”. Oh, perhaps this is your name – patience in Spanish, Paciencia. She tells me to let life unfold, but keep moving forward. I paint my own message, my lesson. Is Paciencia only a reflection of myself? Look into her face. What does she reveal to you?