June 6, 2021

Lessons learned from six year olds

‘Lessons Learned from Six-year Olds’ is a series of 12 black and white prints based on true stories or incidents involving six-year olds. Each print has a story to tell about a six year old and an important message for all of us.

‘Lessons Learned from Six-year Olds’ is a series of 12 black and white prints based on true stories or incidents involving six-year olds.  Each print has a story to tell about a six year old and an important message for all of us. The stories are in the form of prose or poetry. As you read the stories and poems in this series entitled, ‘Lessons Learned from Six-year Olds’ it will be apparent that many a times the children are reminding us to do the very things that we have taught them. The stories and artworks will remind you of your own childhood or revive memories of a six-year old that you know. The wisdom that comes from the mouths and acts of six-year olds is amazing!

It is my hope that you will feel inspired, satisfied & happy by purchasing one of these black and white prints, because you will not only be getting a unique, hand-printed work of art, you will also be supporting mental health, since 50%  from the sale of each print is donated to Atlantic Wellness Center, a not for profit organization geared towards serving children and youth with mental health issues.

These artworks based on the words and actions of six-year olds invite you to experience the exuberance of life emitted by six-year olds, touch the purity of their spirit and immerse in the beauty of life seen from their eyes. Surround yourself by these young innocent children and you will see that in their simple and truthful ways, they have some profound truths to impart to adults.

Each black and white print is hand-printed and is an original work of art. Each is a limited edition of 35 prints. The titles are listed below in alphabetical order. To learn the story behind these prints, click on the title of the print.

List of prints

  1. A Deal is a Deal
  2. Baboo
  3. Being Six is….
  4. Deconstruct, Visualize, Actualize
  5. Focus
  6. Gratitude
  7. Laugh and Play
  8. Life is a Treat
  9. Past is Past: Future is Now

10. Shaela Hug

11. Wasted time: Lost Opportunity

12. Who Turned the Lights Out?

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