White Collar - "Fall Colors"

[tj_teejay]

Title: Fall Colors
Author: TeeJay
whitecollar100 Prompt: Autumn (seasonal prompt)
Genre: Gen
Characters/Pairings: Neal
Word Count: 300
Rating: PG
Warning: Spoilers for 1x14 'Out Of The Box'
Summary: Central Park in autumn prompts Neal to go back to something he hasn't done in a long time.
Author's Note: This was written for Round 4 of thenewpub 's writing session on June 18, 2011

Comments

[jrosemary]

Lovely--such a sweet and poignant exploration of what Neal paints when he's not busy forging.

[tj_teejay]

Thanks! I've always wanted to explore Neal's lack of desire to paint original paintings, although in late s2 they actually rectified that.

[swanpride]

They did? I thought that all the paintings he made forged some sort of style of different painters...

[tj_teejay]

I was of the impression that the Chrysler painting and the others that Neal had stacked there in his loft that Peter went through at the end of On Guard were original paintings. Remember when Peter first noticed the Chrysler painting in Under The Radar, and Neal told him painting calms the nerves and that he's trying to refine his technique? I interpreted that as him having painted original paintings rather than copies of others' works.

[ladygray99]

This is lovely and sweet. I just love things about Neal paining. Especially original work.

[tj_teejay]

Aw, thanks! I wanna see Neal do more original paintings on the show!

[ladydragoness]

I've been waiting to see if Peter enters Neal's apartment, sees a painting on the easel, then tries to guess who's work it is. Only to have Neal confess that its an original Caffrey. There could be some humor in that.

Lovely fic, BTW. I really enjoyed it, and I believe that's how Neal sees things.