I met someone a couple of months ago at the Sebastopol Art Center. I showed her (Her name is Cindy.) a sample of my Uncle John's paintings on the web. She was intrigued and said that she would love to come over and take a look for herself. Today she came. You must know our house- it is full of art. 70% of the art on the walls is John's, 20% is mine and 10% other people's. She recognized the Otis Oldfield and said that his wife was her art teacher when she was in school. Cindy called her a grouch, but said that she was an excellent painter. She told us the scene we had was from an area on his property in the Sierra Foothills which she once visited. Her brother had brought the property and inside there were paintings by both of them.
Cindy oou'd and ahhh'da throughout the house. She liked John's abstracts the best, but even liked mine and Joey's. I went into the deep collection in the basement. The one painting that she really wanted we could not locate. There are about 60 t0 80 larger painting down there ( a rough estimate). Added to that a box with about 200 or so smaller pieces, maybe 20 rolled up canvases and various old large sketch pads.
She bought two pieces, one a nice mono-print and the other a small framed abstract done in duco enamel. She said would spread John's name around with her friends in Marin. I should have had some cards made. Also by checking the website, I notice that several links do not work as expected. I am on the verge of transferring the site to johnelynch.com
