My mother is a water colourist. She does lovely botanical paintings and the odd passable landscape. But she cannot do people. I mean really cannot. Over the years I have been given various odd looking pictures. But for me 44th bday my mum has passed the rubicon. Three beautifully framed and mounted watercolours of my lovely children. But they are horrible. Distorted ugly portraits that look nothing like any children I know, let alone my perfect children. I am so upset. She expects me to hang the abominations in my house. I don't know what to do. I don't want the vile things in my house. I am finding it hard to beleive that she can beleive they are portaits. She can't be that deluded.
What do I do? She even went so far to give me picture hooks so that I can hang them. What do I do? Hang them antd just not look at at them? And take them in the spirit in
which (I hope) they were intended. Or tuck them away behind a cupboard and hope she doesn't notice.