The Staircase Gallery

I was thinking this morning about something we did the summer I was thirteen.

The girls and I had an idea to crate our own art gallery inside the house. We decided on using a staircase for the location. We’d paint and draw for hours at a time, in the sunroom, on the deck, at the kitchen table…we loved it. Now you had to have your art ‘Approved’ by the system we had developed before you were allowed to hang it in the gallery. You had to obtain a unanimous vote from the board (The members being Camille, Laura, and Emily), and your art was critiqued to be sure. Not many paintings were rejected though, and the walls of our staircase were completely covered by the end of the summer. We even had guests paint some works for us while visiting, but the favorite artists were Seth, Camille, Laura, Emily, Erik, and Nile of course.

That was such a fun project, and even though when we look back at our paintings we see how pathetic they were, it is still something we’re proud of. I posted some of my ‘Pathetic 13 year old’ art work below. I think if I ever have an art Gallery of my own, I'll name it 'The Staircase Gallery'.