More Interesting Questions.

I met him as I was taking my daily stroll through the city. An artist painting the landscape. I stopped to chat, as I do, and take a few pictures of a working artist at work.

He said, “I like to show my paintings to children the best, because they ask more interesting questions.”

What kind of questions do grown-ups ask?

“Adults tend to ask either ‘How much can you get for that?’ or ‘How long did that take you to paint?’ I tell them that it took me 35 years and five hours.”

Written by Crista Cloutier, artist mentor + founder of The Working Artist. (learn more about Crista here)