by Gerry Furgason | Jan 28, 2025 | TEACHING PAINTING CLASSES, Artists and Friends
There has been no need for me to spend untold finances on purchasing first-class world tour tickets because friends and students brought the world to me. When Heidi spoke of living in Africa and her great love for the children there, I stood beside her and saw their...
by Gerry Furgason | Oct 29, 2024 | Artists and Friends
For the information of my relatives and friends, the Carmelite nuns are no longer in the Monastery on Newberg Road in Louisville, Kentucky. Back in the days when they lived there, I would quite often visit the barrel in their front hallway to request prayers...
by Gerry Furgason | Jun 1, 2024 | Artists and Friends
While setting up their booths at weekend outdoor exhibitions, artists engage in conversations ranging from what new work they will present during the show to favorite recipes from family holiday gatherings. My favorite memory of an exchange was mostly one-sided. It...
by Gerry Furgason | Mar 3, 2024 | Artists and Friends
And then there was the time I decided to play Cupid for one of my artist friends. I will not list names because this story does not have a blissful storybook ending. I made an announcement in my art class that I had a handsome friend who was available and when a...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 30, 2023 | Artists and Friends
G.C Coxe and Ed Hamilton shared studio space across the courtyard at The Cloister where our Community Art Gallery was housed. The Gallery displayed the works of those two black artists in one of our monthly shows with G.C. presenting his bold abstracts and Ed...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 29, 2023 | Artists and Friends, FAMOUS PEOPLE, PAINTING YEARS, Uncategorized
The Kernen family had been racehorse fans since the time when Mr. Kernen owned a Tavern on Preston Street. The children were entertained by listening to customers who quoted odds and gave descriptions of lineage and muscle tone. So when Frank and his...
