Saturday, January 8, 2011

Art is a Gift Part 2: Pieces of Home



This project began a water color painting of my family home in California, which was then cut into 6 8"x10" pieces. Each piece was framed and wrapped in generic brown paper. Each of my four siblings, my parents, and myself opened a gift to reveal a piece to reside in each of our homes which spread from California, Colorado, to Alabama and New York City.



text portion:

You hold a piece of our collected memories
A sectioned piece of our unity.
The home is a place for dreams, daydreams, a symbol of future hope.
This childhood home holds many memories for each of us
But still it is a place that makes us connected,
That brings us together from different places and lives.

Hold onto this portion of the painting, hang it in your home,
And always know that each of us holds a unique piece
And without it the picture would not be whole.


cutting in studio


framed, all together


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