A QUICK DRAWING BY MY OLD FRIEND, BEN SMITH...(MARCH 18, 1941 - NOV. 2, 2021) .. MADE WHILE HE WAS TEACHING A DRAWING CLASS AT OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, OVER 40 YEARS AGO....

BEN STOPPED BY ONE AFTERNOON, TO HANG OUT WITH ME BEFORE DRIVING BACK TO HIS HOME IN NEWNAN, GEORGIA......AND RIPPED THIS 'SKETCH' FROM A TALON'S SKETCHBOOK,  HANDING IT TO ME...DECLARING "THIS DEVILISH CREATURE'D LOOK GOOD WITH 'YOUR OTHER ART', DON'T YOU THINK?".....I NEVER FRAMED THE SKETCH, UNTIL NOW.....AND AM LOOKING AROUND FOR AN APPROPRIATE FRAME FOR IT....