PASTICHE Leather Sliders

Nothing screams summer more than a pair of comfy slip-on sandals. Have you picked up your new favorites for the season? Now's your chance! These premium all leather sandals have a thick, durable rubber outsole to carry you through all seasons. The footbed is solid cork for support, then covered with a leather suedette. The leather band across the top is special treated in a fade-resistant print for longevity and easy care with a surface swipe or damp cloth with mild soap. Keep these by the front door and you're always ready to slide into stylish comfort!

ABOUT THE PAINTING

PASTICHE: Acrylic on canvas, 10 x 10 IN.

Pastiche means an incongruous combination of materials, forms, motifs, etc. usually taken from different sources. The composition of this painting fits this definition, snugly. But, with the way the elements come together, the theme feels pretty cohesive. Don’t you think?

This is my first finished piece of 2024 but its journey into being took over six months. It was a labor of love, frustration, a lot of experimentation and dumb luck. In short, it reflects my life over this timeline. I have no idea how many iterations it took to finally come to its conclusion, just as I can’t begin to summarize where all I had to internally go to get where I’m at now. But, that’s life: the road maps that end up going in circles only to finish in uncharted paths, the grand designs that absorb all your attention yet you have to overcome obstacles to see them clearly, the patterns you make for yourself, the patterns you brake for yourself, feeling you’ve got the world on a string only to discover you’re being pulled by a rope.

All these moments you carry with you, some as life lessons, some as experiences and some just traveling along. If you could somehow carbon copy a few of your selves in a couple of these moments, as lessons are being learned and experiences had, would these selves recognize their own tempered reflections? Maybe we’re all just a colorful pastiche in our own way. So, here’s a quilt-like composition to remind us: We need to be a little kinder to the parts that made us, us.