This painting has two colors as the base, and both reflect my mother and me.

There is a pale pink that is seen poking through the myriad of colors at various places. This pale pink reflects my sweet and whole love for my mother. There was never a break, or an offense in our relationship. she was a good mother who I enjoyed being raised by. The other color at the base of this painting is a burnt orange brown and it reflects the red dirt of Longview, Texas where my mother grew up. It reflects her simple and rural upbringing that stayed with her for her whole life. She was not amused with things, and never needed to fill her life with luxury.

She was a kind of ‘salt of the earth’ kind of woman. I will remain grateful for her influence all the days of my life.