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This Coronavirus episode has had me quit down. All I’ve wanted to do was sleep hoping when I woke it would be over. Then John got sick. All painting and communication with the outside world slowed down. We’ve been on “shelter in place” going on a month and really it needs to be extended to two months. But today I won a 1st place award in a local show and I can feel the excitement moving me to paint again.

The show was jurored by Charles Young Walls. And his comment were exceedingly gracious. I guess what I really enjoyed is I feel his work is so very creative and having him acknowledge mine was quite a treat. Here are his comments about the work: ”Chosen due to the combination of factors the painting displays: the elements of design, moving us through the picture, the sophisticated handling of color along with variety of texture, forms and edges and visual impact. But most of all - why it won - artistic creativity. This obviously came from the mind of the artist and not a scene seen and photographed. This balance of something of the imagination yet cohesive enough for us to read, if not understand, shows a high degree of creativity. And artistic excellence.”

— Charles Young Walls

 I have finished a painting I began last September, Sirens of the Isle of the Dead. All I have left to do is frame it and plan on using one of the large mirror frames I bought last summer. Big beautiful mirrors were being practically thrown away by Alpharetta housewives as they redecorated their stately homes North of Atlanta. In the mean time I grabbed up at least ten and storing them in the basement. So you see life in quarantine can be okay if you find something to get up for.