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...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 24, 2023 | FAMOUS PEOPLE
Barbara and Kurt Siegert were the celebrated violinists who entertained diners in Louisville, Kentucky’s Executive Inn Empire room for many years. I first met Barbara when she purchased one of my snow scenes titled, “The Road To...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | FAMOUS PEOPLE
In the “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...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | FAMOUS PEOPLE
During the Second World War, Winston Churchill sat at his easel staring at a blank sheet, unable to begin a new work. A ladyfriend, seeing his dilemma, walked over, snatched away his brush, made several hasty broad swipes on the sheet hen demanded,...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | FAMOUS PEOPLE
One never knows what adventure awaits when following the insistence of a Primary Care Doctor. so, unbeknownst to me, one week I arrived at the Poplar Level Road office of Theodore M.Wandzilak, M.D. prepared to spend a quiet Wednesday morning for an eye exam. ...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | FAMOUS PEOPLE
“If the painter wishes to see enchanting beauties, he has the power to produce them. If he wishes to see monstrosities, whether terrifying, or ludicrous and laughable, or pitiful, he has the power and authority to create them. . . Indeed, whatever exists in the...
