Two of a Kind - 12" x 12" acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
This painting features my husband's red Chucks and my son's first pair when he was an infant. While I look at this painting and see the people behind the shoes as my husband and infant son, someone else may see it as their older son and his new sibling, or their wife and child. (I do have a similar piece planned to paint this month of my pink chucks with my daughter's first pair.) With that in mind, I did not want to make the title gender specific. My husband suggested Two of a Kind and it fit perfectly :)
I intended to enter this painting in May's juried show at the Atlanta Artists Center, but I got derailed by a migraine on Friday. Saturday morning, instead of going to the gallery to turn it in, I made a mad dash with the kids to Chuck E. Cheese Saturday morning only to find that I had the dates confused - the party is next Saturday. By then it was too late for me to make the submission deadline.
So, it's been a crazy start to May :-) I am still taking the "Every Day in May" challenge. The added benefit of the "Every Day in May" challenge for me is that I should have plenty of pieces to choose from to enter in June's juried show!
3 comments:
This painting is classic. Awesome piece. Sorry about the headache and jumbled date- sounds way too familiar to me.
your shoes are really beautiful. and I like the story you have with each one. I love shoes anyway - but I particularly like these. Sorry about the migraine, there will be other months - I need to submit too
I can't believe how realistic these look. You did a fantastic job with them and I like your visions of what others might see in the painting! :)
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