#2113 "Maudie and Everett"

One of Southampton Art School's Wind Waves and Weather 2018 participants, Irene painted a scene and included a cement chicken that was in the garden. She painted very much like Maude Lewis and that comparison evolved into an ongoing conversation. That discussion let to the recent movie about the life of Lewis entitled "Maudie" and the strange relationship with her employer and then husband Everett. In one scene Everett who is probably depicted with more generosity than he deserved, wished to clarify Maude's hierarchy in the relationship. Everett snorts, "There's me, them dogs, them chickens, then you"

This led me to illustrating that there was another way to paint a cement chicken. I first painted Maude on the left and then re-positioned the chicken as directed by Irene and Judy. This painting of the same cement bird was intended to be Everett looking at Maude. It is the same bird and same character and this story of silly hierarchy is repeated way too often. There should be no pecking order so to speak.