Remember that Forest Gump quotation, “...life is like a box of chocolates.”
In my mind I keep thinking... Working in Education this year is that box of chocolates. Each day one never knows what one is gonna get. It has been an unusual year for all involved.
Teachers, Students, Families, Administrators, Custodians, Guidance Counselors, School Districts and Communities. It has been a year, to say the least.
The subject matter took me back to my art minor college days when I studied the work of Wayne Thiebaud. The painting assignment then was to recreate a painting mimicking in the style of the artist. I painted three pastel colored mugs. I’m willing to bet he would love this box of chocolate.
“If you stare at an object, as you do when you paint, there is no point at which you stop learning things from it.”
My mornings begin very early, when it is dark outside. I’ve taken a leaf from my American grandmother’s book and begin with a morning prayer list. The comfort I find here goes a long way if you happen to know her and the source of inspiration she is to our family.
These early morning musings follow me into the studio and often into the paintings and the thoughts behind them.
The real chocolates behind this painting can be found at chocobella in downtown Florence, South Carolina. (And I can tell you each one of these chocolates is AMAZING!)
