The adopter, Adera Causey, writes:

As I told Brece, working in a museum, I am fortunate to be surrounded by beautiful works of art but in the non profit world, a beautiful work space does not always translate into ample funds for purchasing art for a beautiful homespace. So, this adoption network is such a perfect solution for those of us in the arts who cannot afford our own tastes.

I was really attracted to this piece for many reasons. First, the contours and colors reminded me of my own grandmother's art work. My grandmother was a gifted painter and I've shared images of several of her pieces with Brece. She has one piece in particular, which I have in my home, of a blue cocktail glass and, in many ways, it is reminiscent of this work that Brece has created. I loved that Brece's piece was inspired by her grandmother as my attraction to it was inspired by my grandmother.

However, unlike Brece's grandmother, my grandmother was much more a product of an urban world so the concept of blue john may not have been familiar to her. However, now that I live and work in the south, I've recently become familiar with that term and in fact have worked several times with a talented 'old timey' music band called Blue John here in Chattanooga (a band that has performed to appreciative crowds at some of our public family programs here).

So, for these reasons, and a myriad of others including just the visceral pleasure I have in just gazing at this piece and its beautiful virtuosity, this piece just struck a chord. And thankfully, Brece agreed to allow me to adopt it, with sincere promises that it will be well cared for (glazed and framed) and take a prominent place in my home.

Thanks to Brece and the fine art adoption network!