The Lost Artist and My Frustration

I can't believe I have wasted an entire day trying to contact an artist. I have searched all his socials but it seems he has gone low-key since last year. Before you start guessing why I would trace an artist, an explanation is due...

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I am going nuts about watercolors nowadays. I don't remember the last time I got so passionate about something that I went to all extremes to learn it. I scroll Pinterest day and night to get inspiration for Art and pin artwork that I think I can recreate for my practice.

Two days ago, I pinned an artwork and later in the night, after putting kids to bed, I sat down to recreate it. I had to get up in three hours for sehri but I was getting restless to do it. It took me an hour to complete the painting. It wasn't perfect but it looked good considering that it was my first proper painting with watercolors.

Next day, I thought of sharing it with you all and a thought struck my mind.

Wouldn't it be illegal to share that painting here?

I copied it, it was fine as long as it was just that. But I was going to share it on Steemit where I could get some bucks for it, so technically I was going to re-sell a copy of someone else's work which sounded unfair to the artist.

With a confused mind, I asked stef1 about the matter and she suggested that I contact that artist and get his consent . It sounded fair enough and the search began.

It all goes back to finding him on social media which I am unable to do.

Let me clear, I didn't create a masterpiece . It was just that sometimes I like to share things I like.

After spending the whole day glued to the screen and in frustration, I planned to go out for Iftari with my family. We decided to go to Peshawar which is exactly an hour drive from home.

Our destination was Sheraz Ronaq, a very famous restaurant known for its buffet. I had been to that place three years ago. It was a different experience back then but food-wise it was altogether the same. At Least one good thing about the day was good food.

^{I couldn't help capturing this kind-of-treehouse in the restaurant}

Like always, I didn't take any food pictures because when food arrives, I forget about the camera and focus on eating alone. XD

However, I took a picture of the famous Peshawari Qehwa which I didn't like, hence the picture.

After coming back, I still didn't get any response from the artist and now I am writing this post in frustration to let it all out.

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Maybe I shall not recreate and already try creating my own pieces. 😬

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Frustrated,
event-horizon