The Story Behind the Painting

Do I remind you too much that I grew up in Georgia?  Maybe I don't have to remind you when you hear my accent.  Though I'm a Texan now, Georgia will always be the place that formed me and the place where I grew into who I am today.    I lived in one town from Kindergarten through twelfth grade.  Statesboro, Georgia, known for the Allman Brothers' Statesboro Blues song, GA Southern University (go Eagles), and a rural countryside of cotton, tobacco, and peanuts, 'The Boro' was home.  While I love painting rural scenes now, I need to admit that I grew up [...]