Catherine Lecce-Chong
Rose Colored Glasses. The Children.
Lighting
Moonlight
Medium
Acrylic mixed media
Representation
Louis Braille
Bright Silver Louis Braille, shown
Artist’s Statement
Rose Colored Glasses. The Children.
When we say someone is looking through rose-colored glasses, it is usually a sarcastic statement. It sounds beautiful and cheery, maybe even Pollyanna-ish. But children who are socially engaged, actually believe that the world can be a better place. They are not jaded by history or negative thinking adults. Most children who have done heroic deeds also had adults or parents that encouraged them.
In these tactile paintings, I celebrate brave, truth telling young people who have or are affecting our world for better health and connection in life.
Their haloes are earthy globes. Vertical and horizontal tactile lines are used to show their longitude and latitude coordinates. The children seem to float in dark cosmic space. Their painted environments are cosmic, with orbiting planets made from letters, objects, animals, and toys. I finish these paintings with large round rosy washes, because I want to see the world through rose-colored glasses. In fact, rose-colored lenses are actually soothing for my eyes.
Rose Colored Glasses. The Children.
Bright Silver Louis Braille
36” x 36” Acrylic mixed media. Painting photographed in moonlight.
This image is of Louis Braille who at age 15, created the raised dot patterns that assist the visually impaired to read and write….
Light Cerulean Blue Greta Thunberg
At the age of 15, Greta, a Swedish ecology activist, started a school strike for environmental action and justice. Her simple action of sitting outside the Swedish parliament caused millions of children from around the world to march for government responsibility to address the global climate.
Light Cerulean Blue Greta Thunberg
At the age of 15, Greta, a Swedish ecology activist, started a school strike for environmental action and justice. Her simple action of sitting outside the Swedish parliament caused millions of children from around the world to march for government responsibility to address the global climate.