Success Smells Sweet for Stinky Art

Posted on 22 May 2008

I’ve known my older daughter is artistically talented ever since she drew on her bedroom wall with a hot pink highlighter when she was 5. I’ve known she looks at the world a little differently ever since she cut the cloth face off my old Raggedy Ann doll — “to make a mask, Mommy” — when she was about 11. Last year, she painted a mural in her sister’s castle-themed bedroom that looks just like an arched stone window. And Monday night at a high school awards ceremony, she took top honors in her senior art class for her bright, fanciful drawing of a high-topped sneaker.

I am SO proud of her!

And it doesn’t diminish that pride one bit just because I had to stifle giggles when I saw the title of her composition faithfully reproduced in the evening’s program. They didn’t actually announce it in that level of detail, which is a good thing. Because I can only imagine the pinkness of her cheeks if she had walked across the stage to the sound of this:

“And first-place honors in Art II go to Miss Virginia McCullough, for … ‘Foot Odor’?”

Photo credit: cbahm

[tags] senior art award, high school art, Ginny[/tags]

Category: Children

2 responses to Success Smells Sweet for Stinky Art

gorillabuns says:

May 24, 2008 at 7:54 am

Congratulations to your BEAUTIFUL and TALENTED daughter on her achievement. The drawing on walls and such remind me of me. Sometimes, we’re just frustrated artists exploring.