Like a jig-saw puzzle, a series of 7 paintings done from 1982 through 2009 ~ last week ~ map out how I made my way through the dark years and found peace.

I received an email recently from Longwood University’s art museum director, Kathy Bowles. She wrote:

Dear Ms. Fagan,

Recently Jack Blanton gave the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, the art museum of Longwood University, one of your works “On the Way Home” 1982 pastel on paper. The work will be on permanent exhibition in the University’s new Center for Communication Studies and Theatre this September. I was hoping you could provide some information as soon as possible:

1. The year and place (city and state) of your birth

2. Anything you may recall about the piece or other works you were doing at the time.

Thank you for your help.
With appreciation,
Ms. K. Johnson Bowles
Director

When I first looked at the photo she provided, I didn’t recognize the painting as mine!

Looking more closely, I zoomed in at the bottom and read the title, “On the Way Home” handwritten with my signature at the bottom. There way no way to deny this was mine! The title is one I have used repeatedly, (continue reading…)