Tessie's been making some attempts at representational art lately. Above are a portrait and a self-portrait. I know; could have fooled me, too. That thing that looks like a spoon? That's the self-portrait, "Tessie in a Dress," according to the artist.
The other is a portrait of "Chris." It took us a little time to nail down who Chris is, and that's the real reason I'm posting this. At first, we assumed Chris was a colleague in her pre-school, but Tessie set us straight on that: "Chris who was here," she said, meaning our house guest of last June, an old friend of mine from college who came out to look for a job here in California. (Joke's on him: there are no jobs in California. Employment is sooo 2008.)
"You mean Mr. Chris, who gave you puzzles?" I asked, referring to the jigsaw puzzles he sent Tessie as a thank-you gift. (She loves jigsaw puzzles, by the way.)"Yes." I am not going to begin to speculate as to why she chose to depict Mr. Chris with a definite frown and what appears to be a dunce cap on his head.
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