The Unemployed Dreamer - Mefore Aday
The Unemployed Dreamer
Original: Acrylic on Reclaimed Wooden Panel - not for sale
Signed 11x14” Prints Available $75
11x14” Print $50
Postcard Set: Reimagined Postcard Collection — BH On The Ledge
Mefore Aday was born as Mary Aday to a poor, uneducated family in Mississippi. She considers herself a neglected over-achiever and used drawing as a way to gain attention in her large family. She taught herself to draw from the "How to Draw" books at the library. She learned to make art like her life depended on it and she always aspired to be a creative person. After High School, Mefore attended Art School on scholarships in Memphis, TN and then a small craft school in Portland, OCAC. She has been painting in the Pacific Northwest for 20 years.
The Unemployed Dreamer was inspired by native Oregonian poet Richard Brautigan. Brautigan’s poetry lured Mefore to the Pacific Northwest when she was 20 years old. She created this painting when she was twenty-four years old and still new to Oregon. At the time, Mefore was living and working on the Oregon Coast in a small town, taking in the dramatic scenery around her. The upstairs attic in the beach cabin she was living in was her studio and there was an old cabinet door that covered a hole in the floor. That cabinet door is the canvas for this piece. She used the shore pine tree outside her window as inspiration. The figure is supposed to represent Mefore daydreaming what's ahead of her. This is still one of her favorite paintings of her early adult days.
@meforeaday
The Unemployed Dreamer
Original: Acrylic on Reclaimed Wooden Panel - not for sale
Signed 11x14” Prints Available $75
11x14” Print $50
Postcard Set: Reimagined Postcard Collection — BH On The Ledge
Mefore Aday was born as Mary Aday to a poor, uneducated family in Mississippi. She considers herself a neglected over-achiever and used drawing as a way to gain attention in her large family. She taught herself to draw from the "How to Draw" books at the library. She learned to make art like her life depended on it and she always aspired to be a creative person. After High School, Mefore attended Art School on scholarships in Memphis, TN and then a small craft school in Portland, OCAC. She has been painting in the Pacific Northwest for 20 years.
The Unemployed Dreamer was inspired by native Oregonian poet Richard Brautigan. Brautigan’s poetry lured Mefore to the Pacific Northwest when she was 20 years old. She created this painting when she was twenty-four years old and still new to Oregon. At the time, Mefore was living and working on the Oregon Coast in a small town, taking in the dramatic scenery around her. The upstairs attic in the beach cabin she was living in was her studio and there was an old cabinet door that covered a hole in the floor. That cabinet door is the canvas for this piece. She used the shore pine tree outside her window as inspiration. The figure is supposed to represent Mefore daydreaming what's ahead of her. This is still one of her favorite paintings of her early adult days.
@meforeaday
The Unemployed Dreamer
Original: Acrylic on Reclaimed Wooden Panel - not for sale
Signed 11x14” Prints Available $75
11x14” Print $50
Postcard Set: Reimagined Postcard Collection — BH On The Ledge
Mefore Aday was born as Mary Aday to a poor, uneducated family in Mississippi. She considers herself a neglected over-achiever and used drawing as a way to gain attention in her large family. She taught herself to draw from the "How to Draw" books at the library. She learned to make art like her life depended on it and she always aspired to be a creative person. After High School, Mefore attended Art School on scholarships in Memphis, TN and then a small craft school in Portland, OCAC. She has been painting in the Pacific Northwest for 20 years.
The Unemployed Dreamer was inspired by native Oregonian poet Richard Brautigan. Brautigan’s poetry lured Mefore to the Pacific Northwest when she was 20 years old. She created this painting when she was twenty-four years old and still new to Oregon. At the time, Mefore was living and working on the Oregon Coast in a small town, taking in the dramatic scenery around her. The upstairs attic in the beach cabin she was living in was her studio and there was an old cabinet door that covered a hole in the floor. That cabinet door is the canvas for this piece. She used the shore pine tree outside her window as inspiration. The figure is supposed to represent Mefore daydreaming what's ahead of her. This is still one of her favorite paintings of her early adult days.
@meforeaday
