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. …show more content…
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