as we grow older more responsibilities and life events sometimes "bury" the child within. it is important to nurture our "inner child".....to not forget the joy we felt when life seemed more care free.....to be "adult" doesn't mean "no play"....one has to embrace all that life offers...to laugh, smile, celebrate......remember to play with your "toys", be they a paintbrush or a balloon.
the figure on the right (as you view the art piece) is me: grown up, but still "playing" with my "toys" (my paintbrush/my art...the joy i experience when working on my art).
on the left i am "blindfolded" in a circle of adult responsibilities...i can't see a way out...how to lose the blindfold....
the "portrait" on the easel is me.......at age three
the hand....my hand....lifting the blindfold...i control my life, my fate, my destiny.....my joy!

on exhibition:

Touchstone Gallery
406 7th St, NW
Washington, DC
7 Jan - & Feb 9 2009

comments made:

An amazing creation Jennifer ang so true - to be able to keep in touch with that joyful innerchild and not allow the burdens of life to weigh us down and smother that vision and joy - a real art!

Very nice. I see some "girly" toys here but with the train and balls there is some tomboy flair there as well. This is fun and whimsical. I know the importance of knowing that just because we grow old, doesn't mean we have to..."grow old".

How cool!!!

Really fantastic!!!

YES very well done!!!