Bear Boy Painting

Bear Boy comes from my "Object Series" of paintings. This series came from a time when I spent long hours painting in a space that was full of antique objects. The object was an animated toy bear. When wound up, the bear would drink a bottle of Coco (coca cola). I paired the bear with a boy that came from a book about spraying chemicals on the lawn in the 1950's. Both the object and image date from the same time. Many of the objects I was surrounded by came from my mother after her passing. I felt that I could not give the objects away so I thought maybe I could paint them away. It didn’t work because I spent so much time looking closely at them I became even more attached.