No other painting appeared to give Joann so much pleasure. Her laugh was contagious when she showed the painting. Since most people were dieting or severely cutting back on sweets, this display of elegant, sweet deserts was a disappearing form of art as well as disappearing source of palatine/gustatory pleasure, disappearing much like many of the rare plants and animals on the planet that have been declared ‘endangered species.’ The name referred to this growing fact of life.
This is another one of her paintings that revealed the world as she saw it–her art came from simple experiences that moved her. Someone must have said something funny about this display of sweet and festive deserts, and she connected that to the photograph and in the end, the painting.
Unfortunately, this is another image taken with a low resolution digital camera. We hope to get a much better image that can really display the details of this work.
Gail Vidrine, Steven Quillman, Debra Quillman and Malcolm Vidrine
The Art of Joann E. Quillman 