I'm not sure what makes us stop and notice particular paintings.
I know some invoke emotion.
Mary Cassatt's Breakfast in Bed (1897) is one of those paintings for me.
What attracted me wasn't her technique.
It was happing in the images.
This image spoke to my desire to be a good mother. How many women have time to have the coffee and the child as she is rising in the morning. i wanted that.
A mother.
A child.
a tea cup on the bedside table. It's morning.
Relaxed, mother and child. maybe talking about what the day will bring.
That's enough.
Paintings like this remind me why I paint.
I'm drawn to the same kinds of moments.
What paintings stay with you?