AN ARTIST'S RESPONSE ( Part 4)

Like most of us, I have been trying to come to terms with

this plague that we are all suffering through. 

I do it with paint.

PAINTING IN PROGRESS

THE GHOST SHIP

Morning Glories ( in progress)

James Aponovich

oil on panel, 16" x 12"

On the Mediterranean Sea during the Summer of 1348

it was not uncommon to see ships under full sail aimlessly

floating wherever the wind blew them.

Their crews were all dead....from the Plague.

Try to board and claim salvage? You will certainly join them.

So what does this have to do with a painting?

Morning Glories ( in progress/ detail)

Well to me, there is something a bit ghostly about the beginning

of this painting of Morning Glories. Sometimes if I know

I'll not be able to finish a painting 'in season', I'll sketch the

composition in pale earth colors and wait until next (this)

year for flowers to bloom.

We'll see how it goes.