by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS, Uncategorized
How do other people pattern their lives?” I often wonder about that as I notice someone picking out apples at a produce aisle or parking a car in a busy shopping mall lot. From experience, I have learned that I do not see the same way as a lot of those people....
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS, Uncategorized
A blush of burnt sienna on distant horizons compels artists to rummage around in stacked-up corners and pull out extra brushes and palettes. Creatives prepare for spring outdoor painting sessions as soon as that blush is observed and they are sure to...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS, Uncategorized
I had already poured out my brush rinse water and stood up to clear my face paint tray after a long St. James Court weekend. When the economy went south and large painting sales were reduced, I sat down to paint faces, Some of my friends scoffed at the pursuit...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS, Uncategorized
The road trip to Chicago was uneventful until our convoy of artists reached the Dan Ryan Parkway. Mickey Hackett had made arrangements for Revella Coffman and me to participate in the summer show and was in the lead car with her husband George. This being...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS, Uncategorized
Before Thunder Over Louisville began, the Phoenix Hill Tavern Art Show titled, “Spring Phling” drew large pre-Derby crowds to the downtown area. Cortland Rose managed the Tavern and welcomed artists and craftsmen to the Tavern’s parking lot for the annual Show. ...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS, Uncategorized
In the years when artists and craftsmen had to stand on their spot in order to claim it, I found my first years at the Saint James Court Art Show as ones, not unlike the great gold rush days. The first year, my paintings and easels were dropped out of the...
