The Icy River #4: Between Sun & Moon24" x 18" x 1. 5" Acrylic on Canvas The Beautiful Life And Tragic Loss A Childhood Friend An Albatross Michael Was Eleven In Sixth Grade with Me The best of friends Like Sky and Sea On Their Way Home From a Weekend Trip Michaels Family Lost Control of the Ship Amongst the Salmon Wreckage and Trout Michael Couldnt Hear The Rescuers Shout The Roads Were Slippery As Snow Came Down All Were Saved Except Michael, He drowned Three Days Later I sat in a pew

As I Stood Before the Crossroads of Love

Her Name Was Sally

yet made many details more intricate

the jokes and stories fade away

Her smile warms my heart like a lazy summer day

Wheelchairs at Top Speed

All these elements weren’t working

I wanted this painting to resemble the face of a potter’s kiln and give it a fiery title

adding detail with glasses and a hat

That was achieved with simplification

Arithmetic

the boy was barefoot