Prompt Week Eleven: Uncle Henry's

This winter scene painting is an oil. size 11"x14". It was painted and signed by me as well. I'm young, but I can do amazing artwork! I also do custom paintings, and can paint on almost any surface! so please call or email or text.

                As a high school junior at Narraguagus High School, he can’t wait to graduate and get out of this boring state. He thrives in his art classes and has taken every one the high school offers. His teacher always asks him to display his work; she’s never had a student as talented as him but she’s secretly jealous of him. If she was that good, she would be an artist and not a teacher but some dreams don’t come true….

                His parents don’t get him; they don’t understand why he wants to get out of Cherryfield. To them, his interest in art is a waste of time. His dad wanted him to play football like he did and when he found out they were having a son sixteen years ago, he was ecstatic. He looked forward to teaching him how to throw a ball around and shoot a gun but by the time he was four it was obvious they wouldn’t be spending summer evenings playing ball in the backyard. He spent his time drawing with his crayons and creating sculptures out of play-do.

                They don’t support his college plans and say going to school for art is a waste of time. All they know is a simpler kind of life. His mom works at Wymans, the blueberry factory, during the summer and his father is a trapper. They both grew up in Cherryfield. High school sweethearts, they married as soon as they graduated and for their honeymoon, they went to New Hampshire and stayed in a rustic cabin nestled in the White Mountains. They don’t understand why the bright lights of New York attract their son and refuse to help out financially if he pursues a degree in art.

                Determined to prove them wrong, he decided to sell his art, get his name out there. Every penny is deposited into his savings account, though there aren’t many buyers. Undeterred, his passion never wavers, even though nobody but his art teacher understands and supports his dream.