Wayne Thiebaud: Painting Analysis

Pie Counter The name of the painting I choose is Pie Counter. The artist who created the piece of art is Wayne Thiebaud. I chose the painting because it reminds me of when my church would serve food and desserts to the people at my church. When choosing which painting I would write about, I had three choices. I decided to choose Pie Counter, which was my first choice, because I thought it would be interesting to write about a table with some of my favorite desserts. The artist, Wayne Thiebaud used oil as his medium for the painting. The painting’s measurements are 30x36 inches. I believe the subject matter of the painting is about table full of different desserts. The dominant colors Thiebaud uses in his painting are orange, yellow, white and brown.

When I saw Wayne Thiebaud’s painting, Pie Counter, I immediately started to think about the first time I saw a table full of desserts and the pleasure I felt. Every Sunday or every other Sunday, my church would serve food to the members of the church after our long church service. I was always eager to race down stairs so that I could see the great table of desserts every child in my church would fantasize about. However, each time I tried to run downstairs, someone would always call me to do something. I could not disobey the elders at my church, so I would happily obey them, in hope of seeing the glorious table of desserts upon returning. Unfortunately, each time I would go downstairs to admire the beauty of the dessert table, all of the desserts would be gone. This happened to me four Sundays in row before I said enough is enough. One Sunday before church ended, I left out of church to sit at the top of the stairs and waited until church ended. When the service was over, I ran downstairs as fast as I could so that I could finally see the splendid dessert table. After getting my food and drink, I walked to the dessert table in amazement and stared at the notorious desserts