My fictitious dishes piece is meant to portray the short story "On the Gull's Road" by Willa Cather. It was a poetic story of a sick woman falling in love at sea. The big blue plate represents the strong man who fell in love with her on the ship. He took care of her. She is represented by the smaller, more delicate yellow plate. I put it resting on the blue because of her reliance and dependence on the man. Her plate is yellow because the story spoke of the sun of the sunset shining upon her face. Upon the plate rests strands of her red hair, which is the man's only remaining memory of her. The cup is inspired by the seaweed of the sea and textured as though by seaweed. Finally, the picture frame is symbolic of the story being told as a memory. Inside is the sunset they watched so many night. The frame I painted white to represent her purity and the white lights on which the sun hits most brightly.