TURNINGS

a colored pencil drawing by my friend Ellen Gentry Smith I'm going through art that is stored in many places.... This drawing, done while Ellen was infatuated with Maurice Clifford, shows his influences.

A great deal of "foxing" has occurred as the drawing has been stored in garage rafters, basements, warehouses and the walls of friends' homes over the past 40 years.....It seems like yesterday when Ellen, Jaff and I were caught running down the stairs of our apartment building on Peachtree road, only to be apprehended by a pair of spinster neighborladies who were appalled that we were not fully clothed! Later Ellen and I, with friends Steve, Nancy, Steven and Robert were caught again.....skinny-dipping in Hal Chamberlain's pool, while he was on vacation.....It's so strange what memories arise from the past...just viewing a drawing of orchids.........