by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS
After Show Visitors walk away from the line of arts and craft booths along a city street, the flurry of activity that then transpires is calculated and precise when vehicles pull up to the curb and exhibitors begin packing up for the journey home to...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS
Highway 42 leads out of Louisville, Kentucky towards Prospect, Kentucky. The drive is scenic and an energizing way to start a day. I enjoyed each morning ride taking D.J. to work at the Judd Stables and hauling my easels and paint to the winding road on...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS
Once upon a time, I diapered babies. I taught those babies to talk and walk at an early age. With love, I taught them to laugh and play. Along the way, they learned to use their hands creatively. I taught them to pray. I scrubbed floors, prepared their...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS
Whenever I drive out Dixie Highway and pass the Southwest Government Center I have to smile because once upon a time our Southwest Artists group was involved with a Parade to celebrate the opening of the Center. The police in the Center frowned when my name...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS
The year after Ann Higbie died, the removal of all local participants by the new managers of The St. James Court Art Show was almost complete. During Oscar Stremmel’s last years, I was among the volunteers who had helped him stake out the court for the...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS, Uncategorized
One of my most entertaining ways to help support our non-profit Gallery when operating funds were difficult to manage, was the engaging world of face painting. Over the years I painted all ages from sleeping infants (a photo of my hand and brush stroking a Mickey...
