ARTIST STATEMENT
Going through my vintage hankies collected over the last 60 years from my childhood sock drawer, from my grandmother’s perfume-scented purses, from my mother, friends and flea markets, I found just the right ones to connect my granddaughter’s exuberance to my own childhood memories. I painted her in a characteristic twirl, adding nylon net and a lace hanky to create this Small Twirly Girly, spinning madly on one foot with her hair and tutu flying. Here is joy.
© Julia Huette Costanzo