About a year or two ago, my roommate at the time found a stack of these children’s educational discussion cards on the street. They’re from 1974, and are about 19″ by 14″ each. When he moved out a few months ago, he gave them to me! There are 36, double-sided cards in total, each depicting a child (or children) in some life situation. I believe these would’ve initially have gone along with a book or tape to be discussed along with each card. Enough backstory, here’s what I’m doing with them:

Using gouache (most likely the media of the original art), I am painting in the imaginary friend of one of the kids, somehow involved in the action, on each of the cards. Some will be cute, some will make you laugh, and some will be downright disturbing. As of typing this, I have seven completed. Eventually I plan to mount these on wooden panels and find a place to show them all.

Tags :: Painting