Oleanders From Betty
8x6in oil on linen $125. SOLD
My friend and fellow artist, Betty Hummer, has these wonderful Oleanders
growing in her back yard and when I went by this morning
she told me to pick some. The purple is a weed which drives her
batty because she cannot get rid of it, but I love the color so included some.
Betty is in her 80's, widowed, battling cancer of spine and lung and by the time
I got there before coming into work, had already washed her floors
the old fashioned way on hands and knees,
and had a bucket full of weeds she had pulled by the door.
She puts most of us to shame with her strong work ethic.
She is an inspiration and I admire her so much.
She is the friend who persuaded me to start teaching.
Artist Note.
The fabulous artist Qiang Huang has endorsed the use of something
similar to what I call my handy tool. I am thrilled.
He is trying the one you can buy. (shaper)
Read what he says about using it
It may make more sense than how I say it.
