California Picnic
Audrey P.
Watercolor and gouache
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California Picnic is meant to reflect a day that is both sunny in weather and in emotion. I wanted to encapsulate warm feelings toward family and the outdoors as well as the feeling of sun skin and good food. It expresses all of these things as well as warmth, gratitude, and love for the world. When making this painting I reflected on a day I spent in San Francisco with my family and how I felt on that day. This particular outing was during the odd period of time during 2021 where people were beginning to leave their homes more after the 2020 covid quarantine. The simple joy in eating somewhere different than in your house and the great joy in experiencing the outdoors.
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Creativity is a thing that all people have. It’s an extremely human thing, “thinking outside the box”. I think of it like using information from outside a certain context and applying it to that context I order to make something completely new.
