“At home in Winston-Salem”
6 x 9.5" watercolor

This place is more than HOT. It’s a landmark of iconic proportions. Furthermore, I believe this particular store is as close as you can get to the original Krispy Kreme doughnut shop. I understand the popular doughnut chain first started in Old Salem, a historic section of Winston-Salem. I’ve painted the Krispy Kreme at the corner of Peace and Person in Raleigh more times than I can count, but a trip to Winston-Salem’s K.K. is a rare occurrence for me. Goldsboro, where I live, has Krispy Kreme, but I have not bothered painting it, as it does not have on it the pointed retro sign, which so distinguishes the doughnut king.

I’ve thought often, if I were ever to be honored with a statue (like Andy Griffith has), it would be a bronze stature of me painting as I sit on my little canvas stool kitty-corner to the Peace and Person Krispy Kreme in Raleigh. This may sound like an egotistical fantasy, but most fine artists would agree, this would not to be the greatest of honors to be bestowed on an artist. Heck no, I’d rather have a painting at the Louvre. C’est la vie.

See more additional paintings of Winston-Salem’s popular doughnut stop by clicking on Doughnut Break.