Playing with Water, 18"x 18", acrylic, graphite on canvas

This painting SOLD to a wonderful collector in Valdosta, Georgia! I was thinking of water and how children are mesmerized by its' properties and how they play with it for hours. I had a water table for my daughter when she was a toddler. She loved to sit in there and splash and pour water into and out of cups. I am reminded of the ephemeral nature of youth and in particular of a line from Rilke that haunted me the first time I saw it and haunts me still: 'Oh hours of childhood......'. Those hours are fleeting!