I include comments and writings with my art work to encourage people
to spend more time contemplating the images and as a starting place for discussion.
I hope you will interpret my paintings in your own way.
Once a work is finished even the artist’s interpretation is only one of many right answers.

Here’s what I was thinking while painting this piece:

I had an uncle who told me that the only thing he liked more than an O’Henry Chocolate Bar
was two O’Henry Chocolate Bars. This left a lasting impression on me.
One ample woman is great, two ample women are better - three ample women are the ultimate;
and maybe a pitcher of milk, no - two pitchers of milk - and, well, some fruit
- and - oh, what the heck - why not unlimited bounty!

My son’s mother-in-law saw this piece and described it in a way I would never have considered.
She saw the three women of different sizes as three women of three generations whose life was difficult,
but they found bounty in their connection to each other.

I hope that everyone who disagrees with my comments has such profound insight and refined sensibilities.

24" x 36" Oil - R.V. Harms 1992
$2000