Addie continues to paint and draw, more so at school then at home because of a particular little sister who loves to grab things, eat pens and knock over glasses of water.
Addie drew this on Friday. She explained there was a tree with cherries in it and an umbrella flower. Oh and a little girl who was caught in a net and her Mommy was reaching out to try and save her. There is also another tiny girl and a small mommy who are in the same predicament. I asked her why the girls were in nets and she said that a tractor got them. I couldn't figure out how the tractor fit into the scenario but it turns out she meant that there was a bad man who is the Trapper that caught them.
I was freaking out that this was stemming from a brief comment I had made to her a week ago about making sure she can see me whenever we are outside so a stranger doesn't take her. It could be that or perhaps this is coming from the comic books she reads about the web-slinging Spiderman and all of his evil villains. Maybe it's not a window into her soul but a page out of the next blockbuster movie.
The Princess running from the bad boy.
In case you think levity is a thing of the past, here is a lovely floral watercolor and a mermaid painting.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Sunday Art Section: Should I be Worried?
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I guess she's just an expressive artist.
She's the modern-day Amadeus of the art world! You should make them into a book. (Scan, load onto one of those sites). I'm sure you've already thought of it. Not scary. Not at all.
i totally want to make them into an art book. have i done more than just think that though? not yet!
I love the rich colors she uses in the bottom two.
I am sure there are child psychology books that talk about the age at which children realize they are separate from their parents, and scary things happen (even Eliza's bee sting)from which the people who love you can't always protect you. You get bumps and bruises when you are at home or school. So the trapper and chaser pictures could come from that realization.
Or, of course, from a sense of story-telling. Or both!
I think spidey and the dark underworld of comic books is the story here. and i expect another round of Addie art for xmas... i still have a lot of bare walls to be covered (and i still love when you come and visit addie knows she drew them - maybe not for me... but an auntie can dream!)
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