Eva was telling me about her art class the one day. She was angry; because her teacher took a bunch of famous paintings and put them face down on the table.
The students were then to select one to recreate. Her friends got portraits, flowers, fruit to recreate.
"I don't know Mommy, there's clocks and its like a desert."
She tells me about her painting.
I lose it. "Eva! Are the clocks melted? On the landscape?"
She looks at me like a crazy person. "Yessss......"
"Eva! That's a Dali! That's 'La Persistencia de la Memoria!' "
I am such an art nerd.
"It's ugly. So and so gets to paint flowers."
"Eva," I explain. "I studied a lot of Spanish artists when I lived in Spain. Your painting has meaning, and symbolism. It's not just pretty; the artist is trying to send a message and is challenging you to figure it out."
I don't know it she ended up liking it, but she did seem happier that she had chosen a special painting.
We saw it in exhibition at her school's art show.
Here are some other beautiful works from my children:
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