- Cecile L.K. Martin
- Birthday Party, 1977
- watercolor painting
- 13.5 x 20.5 in
- Signature: titled and numbered 10/30 on lower left; signed and dated on lower right
This painting reads on different levels. Initially, the viewer might respond to the bright colors and obvious bric-a-brac of a child’s birthday party and come away thinking he has seen a “nice” happy painting. We he to consider carefully he would notice that these are not happy faces of “nice” children. This is a painting of children who frightened me when I was a very small – of situations that I found confusing or threatening (hence the over abundance of pattern). This is a painting of mayhem about to happen… fear at a child’s level – (explanation: when you’re an army brat, and very mobile as a child, you are often invited and delivered to parties where you recognize no one… when you’re small that’s scary…).”
- Collections: South Carolina Arts Commission State Art Collection
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