Happy Birthday Granny!

Saltwater #6, acrylic, 14x22, 2004

It was my grandmother's birthday on Friday.  She has been an inspiration and a rock of stability throughout my life.  The reasons for choosing to make pictures of Salt and Water remind me of Granny.  Life if about balance.  We need salt, but not too much.  Water is essential for life, but an ocean of saltwater is not going to quench your thirst.  My grandmother taught me to use warm saltwater gargles to cure a sore throat.  Salt and Water are simple and they are complex.  You need to figure out when and how and how much to use.  The white square on the plate is a saltine cracker.  They sort of remind me of communion, which is also simple and complex at the same time.  I guess what I am trying to say is that Granny seems to me to be a person who has figured out something about life.  Her outlook on life seems to be that we should get out there and DO stuff.  And help people.  And take care of ourselves.  And have fun.  Happy Belated Birthday.