 #57- December 14, 2020 Dear Subscriber: To verify for you, and out of curiosity, I signed up with HBO to see what you were all talking about. Given the amount of great art on board, I was very surprised to see that one of my works, Phantom Canyon III, was on-screen often - and prominently - for several minutes, as it was in the posh suite that the star (as a famous author) occupied. Below is a typical view. The painting was never obscured, making me wonder if the director, Stevem Soderbergh, included it so often to convey something parallel to the story? Or maybe it was just a nice arrow pointing to Meryl Streep. Guess you'll have to see the film for yourself to decide.
There were actually four paintings of this river bend from that intriguing Nature Conservancy property in Colorado, Phantom Canyon Preserve, where I was a guest artist. All four of them went to my first US embassy exhibition (of nineteen at this point), in Chad, where they were on display for six years. Two of them, shown below, are still available. Let me know if you are interested!
Wishing you health and happiness! - Thomas
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