The Trip We Keep Talking About

Acrylic painting of a small house beneath colorful balloons against a warm orange and yellow landscape

Acrylic

My wife and I think about the opening of Pixar’s Up more often than you might expect. Carl and Ellie spend years saving for the trip they dream about, and life keeps finding reasons to put it off.

Whenever we’re on the fence about taking a trip, one of us will bring up that scene. It’s become a little shorthand for the life we’ve built together and a reminder to make time for the places we keep talking about.

From sketch to painting

Early stage of the painting on an easel, with blocked-in balloons and a sketch of the house
Later stage of the acrylic painting with the balloons and house painted, surrounded by blue tape

The LEGO house

LEGO model of the house from Pixar’s Up with colorful balloons and figures

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