Me, Myself and I....and Memories....

Yesterday's trip to MAM also gave me the chance to walk along the hallway display featuring talented student artists' work. This is an annual exhibit and I, happily, usually end up seeing it sometime during March. The work extends along one main hallway and shows paintings, drawings, photographs, ceramic pieces....so much talent. As I walk slowly along I go back in my memory to all of the middle school, high school and college shows where we specifically went to see our Megan's contributions. Some of the ones from MAM's exhibit really hit home. The one section showed a drawing of kitchen ware sitting on a counter. My photo has too many reflections to do it justice, but I well remember the assignment Meg had in high school....she arranged lots of our pots and pans on the stove to satisfy her artist's eye.

  

   

She worked on this piece for several evenings after school. In the meantime I was not allowed to re-arrange the pieces in any way or use the stove top. (Dinner was pizza in the oven.)

I dug through the bottom drawer of our living room armoire and found the black and white effort along with two self-portraits. 

Art students must still be tackling the same kinds of assignments......still life with pots and pans, self-portraits. Every time I see one of these student exhibits I wonder just how many of these talented young people will stay on their art journey....and where it might take them.

Megan's journey has taken her to gallery representation in several states, art shows and private commissions. So I think to myself, "You go guys!"