At my shows, I seem to get confessions from visitors who claim to be hooked on taking photos of drying laundry on outdoor clotheslines – not only on their travels but also whenever they see it!
We’ve talked about the “why” we do it (and yes, I’m in the same club). What’s so exciting about drying laundry? There’s a number of responses, many that have feelings of nostalgia for a time before dryers. But like me, others love the “humanity” of this simple act of hanging laundry – it means people LIVE in these places.
I’ve painted many scenes in Italy that include full clotheslines exactly for this reason. In often-beautiful or very historic places, this drying laundry is evidence that people live and love here, raise families and come together in communities. (It’s also something I love to do at rental apartments when I’m there – sunshine-dried clothes are the best!)
My latest miniature “laundry” painting is of a famous narrow street in Venice that have clotheslines strung from one side to another, neighbours sharing lines. In the Castello quarter, there are a series of streets with these clotheslines and on my last trip to Venice, there were dozens of fellow laundry lovers taking photos at each of them!
Are you also part of this club?
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