Ava and Her Koalas: Some Inspiration

We installed Hayden's Koalas and Olivia's Koalas in a beautiful custom nursery on the Upper West Side of Manhattan this past weekend. A cherubic little one-year-old named Ava has the most charming chocolate and petal pink nursery: so unexpected and cozy.

We are always thrilled when we watch the munchkins interact with our art for the first time- never solicited or prompted- they always have amazing reactions.

Ava was immediately drawn to Olivia's Koalas (a huge focus image of a mother Koala with her baby on top of her head). Ava was transfixed…giggling and pointing and speaking her still incomprehensible language of excitement. The image framed was nearly as big as her crib and we hung it directly above.

Ava's reaction to Hayden's Koalas was entirely different. She started pointing to the Koalas in each of the 4 images in the frame. With her tiny little finger she pointed and said "mama" "baby" "mama" "baby" as she

worked her way around the images. Her mother and I chimed in asking "where is the mama" "where is the baby" "which baby is in the tree" "which baby is sleeping" – to each question she responded with e giggle and pointed to the correct image; Truly inspiring (with no wires or animation or digitized voices)!

Of course we believe in what we do and in what we create, our goals and the people, animals and principles we hold dear- BUT we feel overwhelmed with satisfaction when we see that a little child understands, in her own sweet and perfect way – just exactly what we mean.
please come see Hayden's Koalas at: and Olivia's Kolas at: http://www.lillunia.com/-FOCUS-SERIES-ART/Olivia-s-Koalas-p63.html
and Hayden's Koalas at: http://www.lillunia.com/-ART/Hayden-s-Koalas-p57.html