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Patience

Illinois USA

"Tom's Diner"

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"...Tom's Diner..."

My entry for this month's Nibblefest Art Contest (NFAC) (~the theme for August being 'Coffee') is an original acrylic painting on a 8.5" x 7" found wooden plaque. 'Tom's Diner' is signed on the front, with sides painted (see additional photo) and ready to hang (note also the original is sharper and more colorful than appears in this flat scan).

When thinking about 'Coffee' as a theme this month, one of the first things to pop into my head was the song, "Tom's Diner", by the folk-inspired singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega. I've always been partial to the song, written as it is in sort of a 'stream of consciousness' first person narrative, about a patron hanging out alone in a city diner, sipping coffee while making mental observations of the mundane goings-on around her. One of these is a woman outside in the rain who spies her own reflection in the window, taking advantage of it to adjust her skirt and stockings. My entry is my attempt to capture the moment of this little scenario:

".....There's a woman on the outside
Looking inside.
Does she see me?
No she does not really see me
'Cause she sees her own reflection....."
(from the lyrics of 'Tom Diner', by Suzanne Vega)

Here is the link to a blog post I wrote about this piece:
http://art-of-patience.blogspot.com/2012/08/my-nibblefest-art-contest-entry.html