Teacup (Stack Narrative) oil/canvas, 12" x 16" continues the storytelling started in Two Balls. It is a meditation on space and relationships. It also introduces props associated with "pretend play" into my work for the first time. Although my primary subjects include building blocks and related "manipulatives," I also enjoy exploring the aesthetics and psychology of objects related to pretend play - dress up, tea parties, play house, and baby dolls. In Teacup, one of Stella's favorite objects joins the party of blocks and balls and ends up in a stack of its own.
It is so wonderful how, once again, an object's intended use means little to Stella so long as it can stack well. Her decisions about which things can stack together do not discriminate against objects that aren't blocks. I hope her heart always remains this open!
