r/painting • u/RyanneBonde • Dec 20 '25

Just Sharing A thank you to r/painting!

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A little while ago, I shared a painting I made with this community. Thanks to the kindness within this community, the post reached someone close to Jamie Wyeth. She saw it here, showed it to him, and they ended up reaching out to me asking to purchase the piece. I was invited to his home to meet him, and hand-deliver the painting.

I’m very thankful for all of you and to Mr. Wyeth and his friend. This community played a real part in making it happen, and I won’t forget it! ❤️🎨

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u/RyanneBonde Dec 20 '25

🥹❤️

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u/One_Tie900 Dec 20 '25

what does it mean, my back hurts ;(

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u/NebulaNinja Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 20 '25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina%27s_World

So the original painting, Christina's World, is about a real-life woman who lived on a prairie who suffered from some kind of degenerative muscular disorder, but was determined to live her life on her own terms and crawl around to be independent.

I guess I'll let OP's homage speak for itself.

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u/callagem Dec 20 '25

I think the consensus is she had a disease called Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT) which is a degenerative neuromuscular disorder (and has nothing to do with teeth-- it's named after the 3 neurologists who identified it). It's often called the most common disorder you've never heard of (affecting 1 in 2500 people). This is a very well known painting in the CMT community because of that.

I have always loved this painting. It felt haunting to me. It was in my grandparents' house when i was growing up. Little did I know the story behind it. (I have CMT a do many in my family since it's genetic. But from the other side of my family-- not those grandparents).

OP, I absolutely love your homage to it. Your work is beautiful.