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| TOYS ART US and SLOW CENTURY |
While
I was working on Pantry (my show about nostalgic food) last year, I was
visiting a friend who was running a day care out of her home and she had
several Fisher-Price toys. She showed them to me and I was flooded with
memories of my childhood. I told her I would like to paint these toys at some
point. She eventually closed the daycare and gave them all to my daughter and
me.
One day, I mentioned to Adriana
about the Fisher-Price Parking Garage and how much I enjoyed playing with it as
a child. It turns out that she did too. After talking with her, I decided that
I needed to paint it. A few weeks later while thrift-shopping she luckily found
both the Parking Garage and the famous Family Play House.
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| Kim Floyd, Chatter Phone, 6"x8", Acrylic on Board |
With all these retro toys
appearing in my life, I began working on this second series of paintings about
childhood memory. I see my paintings as part-folk/part-pop with a touch of
realism. I hope you enjoy them as much
as I enjoyed painting them.
TOYS ART US is the kind of show that fills you up with nostalgia, either you had one of the toys in Kim's pieces or your kids did. Don't miss it! Come down to the galleryor check out the show online by clicking here.
