by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | TEACHING PAINTING CLASSES
When one of my students mentioned receiving a commission to paint an outhouse, I smiled, not because I knew the work would make an attractive addition to someone’s bathroom wall but because it brought back an episode from my childhood. My sister Jean...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | CHESTNUT STREET-PHOENIX HILL
We color-coded the houses down on Chestnut Street to keep conversations on a relevant level. What started out as plans for a studio and teaching area, turned into a necessary home for my daughter and me when I decided to leave our Illinois Avenue home. ...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | CHESTNUT STREET-PHOENIX HILL
Living with cats is a noble but sometimes hazardous endeavor. Not only do they own you, but they also know it. Penelope walked into my backyard and life several years after I took possession of a red brick cottage on Louisville, Kentucky’s East...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | FAMILY
Years ago, a few days before Christmas, three-year-old Amber Leigh declared she knew Santa would bring her a doll buggy so that she could ride her much-loved little family around the art classrooms of the little red brick cottage on Chestnut Street. After...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | CHESTNUT STREET-PHOENIX HILL
The last time someone said “Lady you can’t do that” to me was years ago. That occasion involved constructing a swinging gate. So I stood there thinking about the gate and the fact that I made it work when the contractor repeated his delivery, this time...
