Everyone wants to be known as the “sweet one”, right?  We all have that friend, the one who never seems to say a word in anger, always kind and generous no matter what.  I wish I could say that was me.. but I think my, uh, salty side comes out more often than not.  It’s that typical angel on one shoulder, devil on another type of situation– I want to be sweet and gentle, but I also refuse to be misunderstood, misaligned, or abused in any way.  I’m sweet but I won’t melt.

 

I was drawn to the Sugar Series by Bay Area artist Anna Membrino not just for the confectionary palette but for the way these cotton candy colored forms take on monumental status on her canvas.  These sweets are anything but shrinking.  In fact, they seem downright mountainous.  I think there’s a lesson in there for me and anyone else who struggles with sweet versus strong– just because you are one doesn’t mean you can’t be the other.

To see more of Anna Membrino’s work, please visit her website.

All images are via the artist’s website.