"Night Out", Studio Work, Blacksburg, VA
Watercolor 18"x 24" $450
I painted "Night Out" in my studio while listening to a story about a Puerto Rican woman who felt displaced living in the US and went to visit her sister in Puerto Rico. The day she arrived her sister was amazed to see how much of the light and joy had been taken out of her by the hard life she lived in New York. So her sister took her shopping, bought bright red high heeled shoes that matched her lipstick and they went out dancing. I loved this story and found these red high heels in a thrift store. I was thinking of using them as a painting exercise for my students, but fell in love with them and kept them at home for many years.
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