Project: Feeling Our Age

Christiana O. Age 79 , '2023

Acrylic  
30 x 24 in

Do what you please. The lady in the painting (moi) is one who has wandered on rough waters. As one of 10 daughters surfacing was a daily challenge. How could I shine above all? By wits, brilliance or mischievous? I practiced them all. I had fun. I jumped from catholic schools to Au pair in England, to Paris along the Seine, to back to England for a spell in nursing school. Turbulent years. From auspicious encounter in Paris, I landed in Boston as an au pair again with the assurance that it would be a step to further education, I bought it. Fast forward . . . married with 2 daughters my determination to furthering my education kicked in again. I enrolled to study at Wheaton College Massachusetts where I received a BA with honors in Anthropology. From there I pursued a master’s degree in education. Today I am a pickleball player and an avid member of my YMCA and I do what I damn well please!!!