Pennsylvania German Plate c. 1937

Yolande Delasser made this Pennsylvania German Plate, but when? I imagine her poised with a brush, maybe watercolor, maybe gouache, letting the colors bloom across the paper, a dance of brown and green. I wonder what Yolande was thinking, sitting there with her brush, trying to capture the essence of this Pennsylvania German plate? Was she thinking about folk art, about tradition, about how these simple forms carry so much history? You know, painting's not just about copying what you see, it's about feeling it, understanding it. That dark line snaking up the center of the design, it’s not just a stem, it’s a pulse, a rhythm. Delasser must have felt it, too, that connection to the past, to the craft, to the earth. Artists are in an ongoing conversation. Each stroke is a question, an answer, a shout across time.