Daywatch

I saw this guy sitting in a chair, and thought it would make a unique composition.  I started in layouts from background and decided on using my studio wall as a back-drop.  I’m not sure how or why that wall was built in a basement, but it had all these little drawers in it.  I wonder what kind of business it had been used for. 

I didn’t want to depict exactly what line of work the guy was working in, but since it was light outside, I decided on the title “Day Watch.”  So many people and collectors have asked, “What kind of work was he doing?”  I always reverse and ask them, “What kind do you think?”  It is amazing how many different thoughts and ideas each would have…and none the same as mine. 

I decided to add one of my other drawings, “The Critics,” on the wall (a painting within a painting motif.)  I remember a collector leaving me a phone message one night after receiving and viewing her print.  She began asking me, “Did you see the stitching on the guy’s pants, or the details on the ledger, or did you notice the drawing on the wall, as one of your other pieces?" 

I remember calling her the next day and telling her I should hire her as my publicist.

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Below is what one of my collectors wrote about this print:

I loved this picture so much because it takes me back to my childhood.  Every Saturday when I was little,  I would ride in town with my Dad to the local feed mill.  We would go to get calf feed for our Holsteins.  While my Dad was out loading feed, I would go inside the office where the manager, Mr. Lease, would be.  He would give me a Coke in a glass bottle and a "Payday" candy bar.  I would sit on a stool by the counter, eat my candy bar, drink my coke, and listen to all the farmers talk about what was going on in the world.  This to me was living.  I loved it!  This picture reminds me of Mr. Lease and his feed mill.  It takes me back to a great place.

Kim Emshwiller