Alex Trainor - And This One Belongs To

And This One Belongs To, acrylic and pen, 24" x 18" by Alex Trainor.      When I Grow Up, I Want To Be a Kid examines the ways in which childhood dreams are often unceremoniously pushed to the side to make way for the mundane obligations of adult life. Alex Trainor’s paintings propose a return to the perspective of a child, with an inquisitive point of view that begs its viewers to reconnect with their youthful self. Trainor integrates his childhood love for doodling into his current work stating: “The artwork in my youth was always a journey towards laughter.”  Trainor uses the term “situational imagination”-- a play on situational awareness– to describe his approach to creating this work. If situational awareness means a comprehension of one’s surroundings, situational imagination is a perspective of innocence and openness in viewing the world around you. It was this meditation on the perspective shift from childhood to adulthood that inspired Trainor’s “Dad” paintings. Having