Mona Lisa

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Written forhttps://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2025/01/02/reenas-xploration-challenge-361/ https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/category/word-of-the-day/

Every image stands, but paper robes tear with minimum effort. She drew closer to the painting, supposedly worth millions. All it contained were pixels of paint. Layers of love, to the artist. Could she recreate this? Easy enough, if she had access to the precise combination he used. ‘

‘Okay, I’ll do it,’ Deena said.

‘You sure?’

She narrowed her eyes, wiping a stray piece of hair from her blue jeans.

‘The people I collaborate with pay for the best, but refuse any substandard work.’

‘That’s what you’re going to get. I have a list of the exact year my colours need to come from. It’s important you don’t give me low-quality materials. The same with the brushes. Anything modern, it picks up on the canvas.’

As he stepped back, his gloves sunk into his handmade suit. Impervious to her confident stance, he tapped the keys. With his ear pressed close, he turned to her. ‘How much, for all the equipment?’

‘Ten thousand for the Mona Lisa. You have a good deal.’

‘Agreed, but you understand, if you fail …’

‘Not happening, I’m the most qualified, and better than Leonardo. Obviously fame isn’t worth all that.’

Published by writerravenclaw

I am a fifty something mother of two grown up children, and one beautiful grandchild. I have been married for nearly thirty-four years. My first book was published ten years ago. I wrote my book Sticks and Stones because of my experience of being bullied at school.

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