Passing Down Recipes

This painting is a visual love letter to generational wisdom, familial bonds, and the sacred act of passing down recipes. Set in the comforting glow of a home kitchen, the painting captures a joyful exchange between a mother and child,hands working together, hearts aligned. The child cracks an egg with gleeful focus, while the mother’s quiet guidance speaks to tradition, patience, and care.

With hair rendered as soft, cumulus clouds, a recurring motif in LaRon Emcee’s work, a poetic symbol of legacy, imagination, and ancestral presence. This surreal element infuses the domestic scene with a dreamlike sense of continuity.
What’s being passed down is more than a recipe, it’s culture, memory, and identity.

With a warm palette and expressive brushwork, the painting invites viewers to reflect on the rituals that shape who we are.

Passing Down Recipes is part of the artist’s Cloud Hair Series, which explores themes of Black joy, heritage, and the beauty found in everyday moments.

Oil on stretched canvas
Gallery wrapped
20x24