Mother Knows Best

The inspiration for looking into Edward Hopper, as I talked about in my essay, comes from my momma, since she is a very big fan of his. She likes to paint herself and I can see alot of influence from him in her pictures. During parent's weekend, my mom even had me critique some of her latest work and said she would paint me one of the pictures for my apartment here. What make the work my mom and Mr. Hopper look so alike to me, is that she draws lots of scenery around her and really emphasizes on the still beauty of it, such as looking out the window of our home during a snow storm and recreating the view from the inside viewpoint. Very like Mr. Hopper, my mom likes to use oil based paints. They're very rich in their colors and really bring out the liveliness that would be most easily found when in motion, At least, that's how I see it. She works as a teacher in a school as well, and in her home room, she painted a giant version of a painting she had seen once. I'm not sure what the name of the artist who painted the original was (it may have actually been a picture), but there is such a similarity between it and Mr. Hopper's work that can make almost see like a homage.

I patiently look for my name on the package wall in the lobby to see my name, so I can get her next painting and bring a little bit of Maryland to my West Coast residence. :)