THE GENERAL’S LETTER

September 9, 1991 Dear Mrs. Furgason,  What  a fine gift! Thank you very much for the letter and the figurine. It is very well made and expresses the emotions of the moment beautifully. I assure you, your figurine will find a prominent place in my new home. I am...

FEAR OF WHITE SPACE

During the Second World War, Winston Churchill sat at his easel staring at a blank canvas unable to begin a new work. A ladyfriend, seeing his dilemma, walked over, snatched away his brush, made several hasty broad swipes on the canvas then demanded, “There...

ART HERO

In this “Year of a million dreams”, it was most fitting to pay homage to a gentleman artist whose work brightened the childhood years of many generations. Scattering his magic throughout the lives of old and young alike with the antics of Mickey Mouse,...

Fear of White Space

  During the Second World War, Winston Churchill sat at his easel staring at a blank canvas unable to begin a new work. A ladyfriend, seeing his dilemma, walked over, snatched away his brush, made several hasty broad swipes on the canvas then demanded,...

MUHAMMAD ALI

       Because he was my son Duion’s friend and classmate at Saint Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky and spent many hours in our Illinois Avenue home, I came to consider Frank Sadlo to be my Fourth son.      Frank’s father was a Louisville lawyer and one...