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| Painting by Jill Hoy |
Jill Hoy created an extraordinary painting of a real-life event. It shows a toy theatre performance that took place in a private home to a group of invited guests. In fact, it was a full-blown dinner theatre. A quite rare event, so a very special occasion to all those in attendance.
I recently spoke to Jill to ask her how the painting came to be. She shared with me how "...the salons are a very rich environment for everyone - the diverse mix of people, including professors and artists who are friends of the family and invited to a dinner theatre in their home." A dinner theatre of the small. "It's total magic! All the different voices for all the play's characters, all the songs sung, all done by David."
That would be David Lewis Worobec, the man behind it all.
Jill Hoy wanted to create a painting that captured the camaraderie of one of these events, all held in David's home. The focal point of the painting is David. He is in mid-performance far right in the back, the lights from the stage illuminating him from below. Joy herself can be seen doing some sketching of the scene before her - sketches that she would later paint - just below the figure of David. "The owl is a symbol of David's mother," Jill added.
I asked David to share what the salons have meant to him.