Painter's Smock

Found this delightful grey smock in the Plus Size rack for $5 a sequined tank for $2 and rayon sienna colored trousers for $1.00.  Terrific painting outfit I say. Who cares if a little oil paint gets spattered about on an outfit under $10? And I am ready for the patrons and collectors who gather outside my studio door in search of the latest and best paintings. Certainly they would be more impressed with an artist who wears an outfit such as this as opposed to a ragged tee shirt and dirty jeans.  I will wear the combo many times. It will inform my work. I will paint in colors of sienna, Payne’s grey, shrimp, and add a little bit of aubergine. Soon I will show you the results. 

I am thinking of Zanzibar, of the dark, back alleys and the smoky nights, and the warm colors. Hauntings and Memories I will try to pull out of the brush.   Gather the jangles of bicycles and twitter of birds. Capture the festive streets with merchants peddling hand crafted wears from tiny shops open to the air.

I will travel through memory now in my painter’s smock.