Recently I received an email from someone who found me on the internet, wondering if I was the one who painted a painting she proudly owns. After she told me some of the details, I realized it was from a series I painted in 1977! In the struggle to represent landscape, I collaged fabric on to the canvas and then painted on top of it. The resulting texture gave a nice surface for the paint.
She was so pleased to find me, relating how much the painting meant to her. When she first saw it years ago it 'spoke to her' and she made the sacrifice of paying for it with post-dated cheques, scrimping on her monthly budget, even cutting back on food, to make the regular payments.
The painting above, Kemp II, acrylic, 30x38", is not the one she has but is from the same series.
