A Commissioned Portrait, anyone?

Border Collie watching the flock

Going forward, since my abrupt redundancy notice, I will have more time for artwork. To this end I am reshowing my winter scene, modified since first I posted it, by the addition of a little model border collie herding the flock. I attached a small wooden platform beneath his feet, painted to continue the snow effect out of the picture. 

I have also completed the portrait of our neighbour, David, a stroke victim who allowed me to photograph him last summer. This adds to my total number of pictures: some forty plus over the eighteen months since I took up the brush. Perhaps I can find a new income stream by offering portraits in oils. Unfortunately, any potential clientele would need to be half-blind, or else welcome a distorted view of their image. I wonder how much anyone is prepared to pay for a commissioned oil portrait these days? 

David - Living with Stroke

Ann had her follow-up visit to the eye clinic this morning, following her cataract surgery. The vision remains blurred, and she must continue with drops for another week at least, but some peripheral vision is returning thankfully. She still has a large hole in her central vision on that side due to the macular damage, but the consultant said it may be possible to offer some treatment to improve the central vision now. That is potentially wonderful news, especially if the good eye should fail, and a complete change from a few years ago when they said it was beyond help. I suspect medical advances must be progressing in all fields of medicine, and unless one is directly involved in that field (as specialist or patient), we rarely hear of them. Ann doesn't want anything more doing at present, but is certainly interested in the possibility.