'Surf's Up'

'Surf's Up'
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Jo-Ann Hunt©

I'm back to painting kids in wetsuits.
Lot's of blacks and neutral greys!
 This one is from the archives .....

'Surf's Up'
Jo-Ann Hunt©
'The Child Within' Series
H112x102cm
H44x40ins
Acrylic on Canvas
2010
sold

I love watching kids, I love being with kids.
I love their energy, their optimism.

I love the awkward years, the gangly years.....the years between four and twelve.....when they outgrow everything.....even it seems their own bodies.

when they're all elbows and knees.....and clutsy!

I love clutsy, clumsy kids!

and those kids that are so full on into everything, they can't wait for their brains to catch up with their bodies.

and those kids that just go about their business, lost in their own thoughts, planning, fiddling, creating, messing.

                     'We've had bad luck with our kids....
                                                           they're all grown up.'        Christopher Morley 

                                               ....  yes me too Christopher!  ditto!    Jo  :)
                                                         
                                                                       
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            And the words are from three plus years ago.

              I still feel the same....

                   some things never change!  

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