These
paintings are
based
on children's "thank you" letters that I (or more truthfully, my wife)
receive after family visits. We all remember having to write them:
desperately
trying to think of something to say, dreading the awful task of writing
in best handwriting. I treasure them because they tell us much more
than
their written message. By painting them objectively like a still life,
the writing is replaced by painted marks. The less legible these
become, the more they say.
Click on
thumbnails to enlarge. Birthday
Card image will take you to earlier paintings that began this
series.
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