|
robyn baker, cairns artist, dogfish, dogface and catty, australian art, tom and aunty, women and dogs, charters towers, Robyn Baker
Years ago many years ago, when my children were at school, we would stop everyday and buy frozen milk ice-blocks from Pee Woo Won in his little shop in Draper Street. Over the years I was told numerous times by old Cairns residents that they too had looked forward to doing the same thing. One day Very early one morning after taking my oldest son to work, I decided to stop in at Pee Woo Won's to buy bacon and eggs for breakfast. I had on a very old pink floral flannelette nightgown and very worn red Chinese slippers. He served me without a second look. I felt that this man held many secrets that he would never reveal. 18 years later Recently, a friend and fellow lover of things old and damaged gave to me a couple of pretty blouses that were from the ladies who lived near Pee Woo Won. I cannot stop thinking about all the people he saw and served over many years in his shop in Draper Street. I cannot stop imagining all he over- heard and saw but never revealed. Sometime in 2007 I would like to make pictures about what Pee Woo Won saw and heard on the KickArts Shop wall In the District of Pee Woo Won Kick Art Shop, Cairns May/June 2007
|
|||||||||||||||||||
