That sounds fantastic! I see plenty of non-descrip, verging-on-boring scenery paintings in hospitals and nursing homes. While I'm sure it's probably calming to some, there's nothing like good, fun, appealing art to perk you up and make you forget everything else for a moment. Good luck with your decoration project, and I hope it brings some cheer to your nursing home.

And art is mostly about practice. Sure, there are a couple of artists out there whom most of us could never hope to compete with, but there are also plenty out there who aren't supremely gifted, but got to where they are by working hard. (It's kind of like developing muscles). So I'd say that, if you have strong images in your mind, you should try to get them out. They may not come out the way you picture it at first, but someday you'll finish a picture and say to yourself, "I actually feel good about it." It's worth it.

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"It's a source of great amusement to me, your reprehensibility." - =DragonWinter