I painted a Georgia O’Keefe on the front of my house

I’m taking down the Georgia O’Keeffe artwork that was on display at my house. Actually, it was on display ON my house. How is that possible? Let me tell you a story. A couple of months ago, the front of my house got blasted by some unusually aggressive horizontal hail, leaving marks all over the wood siding. This past Saturday, I decided to paint over the damage. First I sanded out the marks. But since my house is 100 years old, the paint was already peeling and chipping in spots. Once I started sanding, the problem areas grew. Then I primed the bare wood, which made the spots even bigger. At the moment, the front of my house looks like a leopard. As far as I know, I now own the only leopard-skin house on the block. Then I realized the scattered white primer spots looked familiar. You know the giant iconic Georgia O’Keeffe painting at the Art Institute of Chicago? The photo was taken by me on November 17, 2011. Hubbard Street dancers perform an interpretation of Georgia O’Keeffe’s…