I've been thinking about simplicity in art work a lot lately. First of all because the paintings I have been working on require a lot of simple thinking. Also, I have been spending a lot of time with my almost-two year old cousin. Her favorite thing to do is for me to read her books. I remember this being my favorite thing as a child as well. I will never understand why kids love to be told the same story over and over again, but it may be hard to understand as an adult. The best stories are still the simplest ones. From my obsession with Dr. Seuss as a child, I'm pretty confident that I could recite How the Grinch Stole Christmas to out entire class this Friday if I really tried. To be honest, those stories are still my favorite ones. Maybe for the repetitive rhyming or the goofy and familiar illustrations. Spending so much time reading to my cousin and revisiting my Seuss days has inspired me to write my own children's story about a girl with big, wild hair. Its been a really fun side project to work on that reminds me of the genius in simplification, which is something I'll always try to remember while making work.

Seussville!