LAST SUNDAY, THE 16TH OF JULY, STACEY AND I WENT TO NORTH END OF ATLANTA TO A BRAND SPANKING NEW WHOLES FOODS MARKET AND INSTALLED A BUNCH OF MY ART WORK.
IN LATE MAY A YOUNG LADY WE WILL REFER TO AS JULIE BECAUSE THAT'S HER NAME, ASK ME TO DO A SITE VISIT WITH HER AT THIS NEW WHOLE FOODS. SHE WAS INTERESTED IN HAVING ME DO THE ART FOR THE CAFE AND COMMUNITY ROOM.
SHE TOLD ME HER IDEAS AND TALKED ABOUT THE OVERALL DECOR IN GENERAL. I TOOK JULIES IDEAS HOME WITH ME AND A WEEK OR SO LATER WE MET AGAIN. I SHARED WITH JULIE THE IDEAS I HAD COME UP WITH.
FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS I CAME BACK WITH THIS.
DIG IT. PLANT IT. GROW IT. EAT IT. CATCH IT. KNOW IT. PREPARED IT. SHARE IT.
I THOUGHT I COULD DO A PAINTING THAT ILLUSTRATED THESE PHRASES.
THERE ARE FIVE LARGE SPACES IN THE CAFE JULIE WANTED ME TO FILL WITH ART AND COPY. COPY I LEARNED ARE WORDS.
SO AFTER ABOUT A MONTH OF BACK AND FORTH WE SETTLED ON USING DIG IT, PLANT IT, GROW IT, EAT IT IN THE CAFE AND PREPARE IT SHARE IT IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM. IT WAS DECIDED I WOULD PAINT SHOVELS FOR DIG IT. FOR PLANT IT I WOULD DO SEEDLINGS JUST SPROUTING OUT OF THE GROUND. FOR GROW IT I WOULD PAINT TONS OF PRODUCE AND FOR EAT IT A KNIFE, A FORK AND A SPOON.
IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM I WOULD BRING THOSE PAINTINGS TOGETHER WITH PREPARE IT SHARE IT. I WOULD DO A TAKE OFF ON A FARM SCENE. TREES, CLOUDS, SUN, A PICK UP TRUCK, A PIG AND A TABLE FULL OF PRODUCE AND PREPARED FOODS.
THESE ARE THE PHOTOS FROM THE GRAND OPENING 2 DAYS AGO.
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