As a little kid one always looks at peoples actions and turn them into symbols as objects, or things. In my childhood i characterized myself as a watcher, or bystander. As my grandma, my great grandma or my mother would cook, i would observe what they made, not for content, but to know what is on the menu. One thing i always noticed they did, no matter what foor they were preparing, was chop onions. Onions turned to a symbol of not only food, but the women in my family that i looked up to. In this picture i depict the onions on a cutting board. Using watercolor layering as a wet media and sharpie as my dry, i tried to show the different layers in the onions to make them look realistic. I also used the placing of the onions for focus and movement throughout the piece.
