Friday, February 20, 2015

leaving town...

A true story...115 years ago...

watercolor

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
-Marcus Aurelius

Inhumanity is harmful in every age.
- Cicero


sharing at 
paintpartyfriday 

21 comments:

  1. Wonderful words and painting. Valerie

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  2. Thank you for the story of man's inhumanity to man. Your watercolor shows the emotional trauma felt by this family but it also shows, I think, the resiliency and strength of the oppressed people. I had never heard the term lynching used other than meaning hanging by a mob.

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  3. Your painting, as well as this terrible piece of history, is just heart rending. I am a transplanted New Yorker now living in Beaufort, SC and I know some awful attacks occurred in this state and many others. A very painful, bu important story - thank you for sharing it.

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  4. What a heart rending story!
    Thank you for sharing your painting & testament to prejudice, courage, heartbreak.
    When my daughter was in charge of a set of art lessons for our local schools (Western Oregon) one of the units was on the relocation of many Southern families to the North after the War Between the States, & paintings that documented many of the stories! I thought of that unit when I saw your painting.
    Your simple colour palette adds a starkness to the stoic faces, going on, where life leads them ....
    Blessings

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  5. Your work is so often thought provoking and this is hugely so. Through your art your thoughts speak so loudly.

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  6. Your painting reflects the story. The trauma and pain are clear in the facial expressions.
    Unfortunately it is a sad commentary on the history of mankind, which your work brings into focus - lest we forget

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  7. Today, members of every race and religion are prey for the terrorists roaming the world's populations. The faces in your most impressive watercolor could be all colors. Hopefully we'll all join hands to stop the beheadings and burnings of these most abominable of foes.

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  8. Brilliant and POWERFUL!! This IS the picture worth a thousand words!! I am in awe! Gorgeous too!!

    Hugs Giggles

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  9. Beautiful and poignant tribute to a tragic story. The expressions are haunting and yet have an eternal dignity to them. Thanks for sharing.

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  10. So haunting, after reading the story. Beautiful painting, wow, with all those amazing portraits. It's a horror what men can do, and many in the South would still be on the wrong side of that story.

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  11. Wow! Fantastic faces! Love their expressions. :)

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  12. The rust colors are magnifico! I always love looking at your work.

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  13. This painting...the way you have captured the expressions and mood...so wonderful

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  14. What a terrible story.

    Beautiful painting, can see the suffering and sadness.

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  15. Awful story behind a good painting. I can see their story in their facial expressions.

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  16. The watercolor is amazing. Thank you for sharing the story. I have no words. Blessings, Janet PPF

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  17. Such a cruel story!
    I like your paintings, awesome!

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