Quietness and Connection
Sent: 9/13/2025 5:12:13 AM

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Quietude

"Quietude" Oil 24" x 18"

Hi Subscriber,

In the quietness before the storm of activity surrounding the solo show, I thought it fitting to highlight one of the works and share a bit of the backstory.

I spent this week framing and wiring up all the artwork and affixing a written piece on the back of each, telling what inspired it.

Here is what will go on the back of the painting above.

"Quietude"

The attic room I shared with two of my six sisters had storage areas running the length of the slanted roofline. I used to love exploring

among the old suitcases full of long forgotten prom dresses

once worn by my beautiful older sisters.

Perhaps this is why I find something intrinsically calming about old weathered wood trunks all stacked atop one another and draped

over with pristine curtain fabric or a rumpled cotton sheet.

It just speaks quietude and connection with the past.

It's just enough to give people a peek inside my head as I painted. I'll save the longer story about the mysteries of our attic for the book.

How about you? Did you ever rummage around in old forgotten places and find something from your family's past? Fun, isn't it?

By this time next week, I will have delivered all of the work for the solo show. What a journey!

Until then, enjoy the smell of decaying leaves and hot soup, (hopefully not together).

And while you sit on your porch sipping hot cider, be sure to listen for birdsong!

Jan

P.S. I realize that I forgot to share the rest of the story "How My first Love Lost His Marbles." Soon.