American Gothic

While lacking Grant Wood’s rather dour portrayal of his friends and family members, this collaboration between my parents and my brother Chris succeeds in capturing Wood’s rather sardonic sense of humor. My folk’s shabby attire was in no way an affect. This was their day in and day out landscaping attire for suburban farming on the southern plains. My mom always had to add her dash of color, hence her yellow slicker, in her own way even more mocking of Wood’s original mocking ethos.