Sprinkles Please

There was a show I attended at the Art institute that has stuck in my mind.  It was called the

Art and Appetite Exhibit and featured some great still life paintings of food.  Norman Rockwell’s famous painting, “Thanksgiving”  was one of the many memorable pieces.

At the end was Wayne Thiebauds’s huge painting of pies; a lot of them, all painted with great color and luminosity.  They take your breath away with his audacity and panache, taking ordinary desserts and turning them into high art.  He is one of my heroes.  I look at his work with a smile and a giggle, and always with great respect for his abilities.  I thought that it would be fun to try one to learn and perhaps steal a little of his magic.  This piece was done just for fun and now that I am a little wiser, I realize that fun is a necessary ingredient.