Part of childhood are the curbs and sidewalks in life... we jumped them with a bike, we danced on them, and we used to chalk them up in front of our houses....
Curb Sitters
Oil on Canvas SOLD by Laurie Pace
CURB SITTERS | Where Childhood Happened
Growing up in Lake Highlands in Dallas during the late 1950s and 60s, a curb wasn't simply the edge of the street.
We balanced on it, attempted ballet, jumped it with bicycles, drew on it with chalk—and sat there with our friends.
The driveway was part of childhood, too. Four Square, jump rope, cheerleading, gymnastics and our singing game, “Strut Miss Suzy.”
We didn't need music playing. We were the music.
Years later, Terry and I returned to Lake Highlands, and I watched another generation of children discover those same curbs and driveways.
Neighborhoods change. Childhood changes.
But every now and then I still see a child balancing on a curb or several children sitting together, doing apparently nothing at all.
Maybe that is why I painted Curb Sitters.
Because sometimes the moments when we thought nothing was happening became the memories we carried for a lifetime. Read the full blog here. Elle
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Laurie is an international artist, her paintings are collected in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, DuBai, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, St Thomas, Romania, Greece, Croatia, and Ecuador.
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