What a gratuitously traffic-tempting title. No matter -it fits nicely. Once upon a time, just before we all broke up for the summer holidays, I picked up my daughter from her last day at her crèche and I got a chance to look around the gaff without  a bunch of screaming toddlers running amok. I spotted this little ceramic set and advised the lady running the show that it was far too delicate to be handled by littl’uns and would be much better off in my studio as a painting model for my students. I wanted it. I deserved it. When she refused my attempts to prise it out of her grip, I returned to my castle and trained a concentrated beam of  sunlight on the empty building with a giant lens and burned it to the ground. After that, it was a simple matter of sifting through the ashes and rubble and taking it home.

It bears the legend, ‘Made in France’ on the underside which could be a euphemism for, ‘Made in China’. Wherever it was made, it’s a lovely little set and provides a perfect compliment to the warmth of the lemons.

You’ll have realised by now, Lemony Snicket fans, that you’ve been duped. And I have the ceramic set. And I’m going to live happily ever after.

The End

Acrylics on gessoed panel. 8″ x 10″

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