Ask any TTE 4th grader...they know!!!
Wayne Thiebaud is an American a painter who was turned down by gallery after gallery up and down the Arts District in New York. It wasn't until one gallery decided to take a chance his unusually yummy paintings that he gained success.
Inspired by frosted cakes in a bakery shop window, he decided to paint this yummy subject. It is hard to tell by this photograph, but the paint on his paintings are thickly applied and actually look like yummy frosting.
With his non-traditional but yummy subject matter, Wayne was considered a major contributor to the Pop Art Movement. His success is a lesson in resiliency. He was turned down over and over, but he finally made it big as an artist. In fact, one of the galleries that had previously turned him down spent a small fortune on one of his pieces from his first art show.
Timber Trail fourth grade used the life and art of Wayne Thiebaud as inspiration for their own Pop Art Pastries. Trading in thick paint for the beautiful blending of oil pastels, fourth grade artists chose a yummy subject and created their own yummy art. These tasty looking drawings are now on display in the Timber Trail Town Square! Check them out, but please don't eat them!
