Hello from Texas.

[Geary Wootten]

Hello Wilma, my good friend! So great to see you on this esteemed forum. Just cozy yourself right up and sit a spell. You're gonna love it.

I know you're going to get uncomfortable for this request, but, I think you should post that colored pencil of the American native. It's one of my favorites of yours. (sidebar to the audience: you guys will love this piece. )


Your friend,
Geary

[Wilma Hill]

Oh my goodness Geary! All right I will do it. I must let these people know that I owe much of my success in understanding graphite to you. The sponge in my old brain doesn't soak up information as fast as it used to and you have been so patient in answering my questions, some of them I ask repeatedly but you always respond until I get it right.

This is a colored pencil drawing I did of an American Native this past year. I grew up and went to school with these people. My dad being a horse and cattle trader made many trips to the Blackfoot and Crow Reservations of which I got to go with him many times and we always made it a point to attend as many of their ceremonial events as possible. Those are treasured memories of my childhood and I can still see and hear the dances, beautiful costumes and beat of the drums to this very day.

[Mary Sparrow]

Welcome Wilma! Your work is beautiful.

[Wilma Hill]

Thank you very much Mary. I am so happy to be here to observe and learn and appreciate your encouragement.

[John Reidy]

Beautiful work, Wilma, and Welcome!

I am relatively new but felt compelled to welcome you and to pay you this well deserved compliment. You show a strong background in value and drawing and I am confident in your ability to tackle oils.

I am originally from Oklahoma and then moved to Texas (both Oklahoma's and Texas' average IQ were raised simultaneously) and then to North Carolina. I am familiar with Pow Wows. How can anyone forget an experience like that?