Some kids just have a joyful spark and touch your heart as
soon as you meet them. The young artists
we are featuring today are two such people! Their creative expressions simply
pulse with life, laughter and love.
Perfect sentiments for Mother’s Day!
These young artists, Madison and Katie, are the daughters of
Marybeth Wydock, the creative art director at Velvet Lime Girls. They began to show signs of their
artistic DNA, passed on from their mother, at a very young age. Here are a few of their early
expressions.
Madison Wydock created the piece above, entitled, “Sunflower”.
Who would have imagined that a
sunflower could explode with such vibrant color? Looking through the eyes of a child can be so
inspiring! We love the color washes,
the squiggles and the center section filled with circle details. (“Those are
the seeds, silly”). We’ll never look at sunflowers again without thinking of
Madison’s spectacular interpretation. It just makes you want to celebrate when
your eyes are pulled into the party going on in the center of that flower… and
then, dance around a bit with those salsa-style squiggles scattered around the
petals. If you look at it too long, you may find yourself dancing around the
room with a sunflower clenched between your teeth doing the rumba. Watch out, this painting has passion.
Katie Wydock created this next piece above, entitled "Butterfly”. You have to know Katie to really
appreciate this piece. Notice the
smile on the butterfly. It’s not
just a normal smile. It’s a larger
than life, I’m- about- to–pop-out-of-my–skin-smile. (Or, out of my
membrane, green shell or exoskeleton). He’s grinning from ear to ear, or antenna to antenna, since they
don’t really have ears, do they? He has to be the happiest little butterfly ever
created and he seems to be holding a surprise. He knows something you don’t know and he just can’t wait to
tell you. There’s a little flap
down his side that opens! Really. A little slit that holds a secret message
inside! His smile almost gave it away, but the kaleidoscope-colored wings filled
with unimaginable patterns hold your eyes in fascination. You just have to rest a bit on those
wings before you open up this dimensional piece … those wings almost look
illuminated. When you do open up that long green body, the sentiment inside
gives the butterfly away. He was
really a love bug, with beautiful wings, carrying a message from the heart. That’s what Mother’s Day is really all
about anyway. Carrying messages of love from the heart.
Celebrating Mother’s everywhere,
Laura
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| Message inside Katie's butterfly. |
