This was a trip down memory lane. My mother, Gerda, was an artist, primarily a painter and less a sculptor. At one point, she designed cut-out paintings: large abstract jigsaw-like puzzles with abstract shapes, not jigsaw piece shapes, that had figurative inferences. The cut-outs were made from ⅛” masonite deftly cut with a saber saw. The individual pieces were sanded, then roller-painted, and finally glued onto a backing also made of Masonite. The final perimeter shape organically followed the outline of the organic abstract pieces. I was tasked with cutting out, then sanding and painting the pieces, earning well-deserved pocket money for something I enjoyed doing. I mixed the acrylic paint colors, suitable for rollers, from scratch, from PVA and powdered pigment. I left the paint and rollers in plastic bags between the multiple coats.