Why Fish # Five
Nostalgia.
They remind us of the pet fish we had as a child or the fish we won at the fair.
I remember my first goldfish. Like so many kids, I won him playing the ping pong toss game at our local county fair. I never won anything before so I was really excited. I carried him around with me for the rest of the day…in lines and on rides and while I ate all the junkie food I could afford with the money in my little pocket change purse.
At home, after getting settled into his Woolworth's fish bowl, I watched my fish swim circles, round and round. I remember wondering if happiness was possible if you were all alone and living such a simple life. Was my goldfish happy?
Big thoughts for a little person.
Oil and cold wax on cradled birch panel.