I love these paintings based on winners of a county fair by Queens artist Caryn Cast. Maybe it's her Florida-to-Tennessee upbringing (maybe not), but these pastels/acrypic/paper/wood pieces are awesomely reminiscent of Mid-America genre paintings of community, rural, middle-class folk doing their thing.
I particularly love Gayle's smile. I'd be smiling, too, if I had that many jars of pickles. Pickles. Yum.
In addition to these artistic accomplishments, Caryn has won lots of prestigious awards, and produced a particularly interesting and arresting mural of Kim Jong II milking a cow. The Supreme Leader is half smiling half grimacing as he squeezes the cow's udders. It reminds me of the photos I saw once of Kim Jong Un's tour of North Korean factories and farms in which he gets very excited about looking at salmon and other items.
Anyhow, visit her website to see the Supreme Leader and other delightful pieces.
