Carrie’s Painting of the Week
Heading Home
By Carrie Jacobson
I remember a man, from North Carolina, I think, who made only paintings of roads.
Well, I don’t remember the man, but I do remember the paintings. They were mostly big, and they were all luscious, and they were all of roads. They made me feel that I had gone somewhere, or I could go somewhere, and it was right in front of me, this adventure.
This was 20 years ago, and I didn’t have the nerve to ask that artist to let me pay over time, or barter something for one of those paintings – and how I wish I had!
I can see them still – and remember the feeling they instilled in me. And while this little painting is not like his, it does bring his to mind.
I still wish I had one of that man’s paintings. Or at least could remember his name.
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If any of you are in the area of Marlborough, Mass. over March 16-18, stop by the convention center, say hello and check out my paintings in real life. For more on the show, click here to visit the Paradise City site.
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