{"product_id":"petushok","title":"Petushok","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSome memories arrive as images. Others survive as objects - small, ordinary things that quietly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003ecarry an entire childhood inside them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFor me, one of those objects is a Tootsie Pop. It belongs to the childhood I can remember a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003efamiliar candy, the crinkle of its wrapper, and the handwriting of my grandmother preserved in a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eletter. These details are modest, but memory often is. A life is not remembered only through\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003emilestones. Sometimes it is held together by sweetness, handwriting, repetition, and the people\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003ewho made ordinary things feel permanent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePetushok\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003ebegins beside that memory, but it does not come from the same place. The Russian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003erooster lollipop belongs to a cultural childhood I cannot fully recall - a life that existed before\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eadoption, before Louisiana, before I had the language to preserve it for myself. I do not present\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003ethe petushok as a recovered memory. Instead, I approach it as an echo: an object from the culture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eof my beginning that I can encounter now with an adult understanding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePlacing these two candies in conversation allows two versions of childhood to occupy the same\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003espace. One is remembered through my grandmother and the family who raised me. The other is\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003ebeing discovered through research, cultural objects, inherited imagery, and the questions that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003econtinue to shape\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEchoes of Olja\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe painting is therefore less about candy than it is about the architecture of memory. What do we\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003einherit from a childhood we can remember? What remains from one we cannot? And can an\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eobject become meaningful even when it arrives after the memory itself?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePetushok\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e, I am not attempting to reconstruct a lost past or choose one childhood over another. I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eam allowing both to exist together: the American memory held in my grandmother's hand and the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRussian echo I am learning to recognize as part of my own. Between them is the person I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003ebecame.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo candies. Two cultural histories. One life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePetushok\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003egives both versions of my childhood a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eplace to be seen - and, finally, a home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMarch 2026 - Oil on canvas - 36''x 24''\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis painting will come unframed; however, it is painted on the sides. If you choose to frame, every piece can be installed in a frame that you purchase on your own or you have professionally done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll original paintings are signed by Jessica Tackett on the back of the artwork only. There will be my signature, date, and title of the artwork. Remember, original artwork holds its value well and increases over time!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece is wall ready and can be displayed immediately upon arrival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll artwork is given a coat of high gloss varnish to protect and preserve it for a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJessica Tackett Art © All Rights Reserved\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jessica Tackett Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53113256313113,"sku":null,"price":800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/0041\/6025\/files\/IMG_7175.jpg?v=1788737965","url":"https:\/\/jessicatackettart.com\/products\/petushok","provider":"Jessica Tackett Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}