There are a lot of factors that went into wanting to create a new version of the Victory Garden posters from WWII. I would have to say that I was introduced and inspired by Amy Franceschini of Future Farmer's of San Francisco. She was a visiting artist who lectured with us. At the time, I wasn't involved in creating this body of work. During her presentation, she showed us the Victory Garden posters. I thought that they were interesting, but did not decide to recreate them until recently.
One of Future Farmer's projects was to create the actual "Victory Gardens" for San Francisco. They have had a huge success with the project. To read about it, click here.
The more that I read after this presentation, the more I wanted to do a similar thing in Portland, Oregon. I am still very interested in painting, but I wanted to have a physical part of the project using live plants. There is already a large amount of people interested in urban gardening, but there are probably a lot of people who think that they can't grow anything. Just as I was introduced to the concept of "Victory Gardening" in a presentation, who knows what would happen if they were given the gift of a vegetable start. Sometimes I think people want to have a little push to do something. That is why I want to give free plant starts to people. I will be starting to organize ideas on how to do this. Already, I have received a great amount of interest in this project. A gift is great and when that can continue to give and inspire, that is probably one of the most amazing things an artist can offer.
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