I Wanna Polka

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Blue Ribbon Winner 2012 Richmond County Fair Warsaw, VA "I Wanna Polka" © 2012 Jennifer Donald 16" x 20" acrylic on canvas Original Available: $320.00 We have a fictitious character in our Ukrainian family - Stashu Ipondrovich. Actually, my Dad  made him up and Stashu got the blame for every completely ridiculous thing any one of us did. "Nice going, Stashu", or "That is so Stashu", or even, "You look so Stashu!", which was a good indication that you needed to put something different on. Poor Stashu, but he had to be a colorful character and happy to just "be". When I saw the reference photo by Donna Sommer, "Street Music", I immediately imagined the old man as Stashu in human form and every time I look at this, he makes me smile.

Prints and greeting cards   I remember when I was very young, maybe 4 at the time, Mom and Grandma took me downtown Detroit for the Ukrainian Folk Festival along the Detroit River. Since I was so small, my strongest visual memory is of the red boots, but I can still hear the Polka music.