Boy's Dress and Jacket c. 1940

Nancy Crimi painted this Boy's Dress and Jacket, we don't know when, using watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. It's got that great plaid thing going on, right? You can feel the artist carefully building up the layers, one line at a time. There's something so human about that process, like you're right there with Crimi, watching the image slowly come to life. I wonder what Crimi was thinking about when she made this? The careful detail makes me think of someone recording something precious. Was she thinking about keeping safe a memory? Or just working through color and line to make something new? It feels like an exchange, an ongoing dialogue. We bring our own stories, our own feelings, and the painting just keeps changing with us. Painting, you know, it's not just about making a picture. It's about making a space for feeling, for thinking, for just being.