My wife gifted me two mandolins for Christmas!

**John Soper** · Jan-01-2021, 3:28pm

Well, at least a portrait of my two favorite mandolins

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**Sue Rieter** · Jan-01-2021, 3:51pm

Wow, that's nice. Really beautiful. Did she paint them?

**Alfons** · Jan-01-2021, 6:43pm

Very nice indeed - hopefully they were able to take periodic breaks from posing to play music.

**Mark Gunter** · Jan-01-2021, 7:06pm

Nicely done!

**journeybear** · Jan-01-2021, 8:28pm

Beats two turtle doves by a country mile.

**John Soper** · Jan-01-2021, 8:44pm

My wife doesn't think she's very good, but I like her work! I'll have to practice more to live up to her painting.

**Dagger Gordon** · Jan-02-2021, 2:06am

I think it's a very nice gift. Good for her (and you).

**William Smith** · Jan-02-2021, 7:12am

She has some talent man! That's a very Kool painting! There needs to be more mando paintings in this nutty world!

**Eric Platt** · Jan-02-2021, 8:07am

Really cool painting. And a perfect subject matter.

**Sue Rieter** · Jan-02-2021, 8:30am

There's a whole lotta love there, that's for sure.

**Denny Gies** · Jan-02-2021, 8:32am

What a nice gift.

**Cary Fagan** · Jan-02-2021, 8:38am

Nothing better than a handmade gift.

**LadysSolo** · Jan-02-2021, 11:34pm

Wow! She's really talented, and obviously loves you. Congratulations!

**soliver** · Jan-03-2021, 12:01am

That's awesome John, you have some talent in your family!!!... along the same lines, my oldest daughter made me a clay duck playing the penny whistle along side a pig playing a mandolin; I do think it's a Silverangel and it does include a soliver armrest... She knows I love pigs ... and mandolins.

I made it a special place in the shop

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**LadysSolo** · Jan-03-2021, 11:18am

Originally Posted by soliver

That's awesome John, you have some talent in your family!!!... along the same lines, my oldest daughter made me a clay duck playing the penny whistle along side a pig playing a mandolin; I do think it's a Silverangel and it does include a soliver armrest... She knows I love pigs ... and mandolins.

I made it a special place in the shop

Nice!

**Buck** · Jan-03-2021, 11:28am

Originally Posted by John Soper

My wife doesn't think she's very good, but I like her work! I'll have to practice more to live up to her painting.

She's not alone - not that she's right about not being good, but that she's a tough critic when it comes to her own work. That pushes us to be better, but we can also discourage ourselves. Just like you, I think her work is very nice. You may be biased, but that doesn't mean you're wrong. :-)

**yankees1** · Jan-03-2021, 7:07pm

Take a photo of a big diamond and give to her !

**journeybear** · Jan-03-2021, 8:01pm

Looking at this again, I saw something that I didn't pick up on at first, that shows your wife is indeed very talented. That is quite an accomplishment, painting these instruments as if they were lying down, rather than the typical pose, the two propped up side by side. Being able to convey this unusual attitude so convincingly bespeaks a prodigious skill on her part. Not many would attempt this view; fewer yet would be able to achieve this remarkable vision. Oh wait, my friend is looking over my shoulder and saying something. What? "Don't be daft! The picture is turned on its side!" Eh?

Oh, oh, I see it now - the signature gives it away. Hmmm ... Never mind.