Carolina Quotes
It was perfect. A tribute to Daddy. I framed all of the paintings with that old wood fence. Daddy’s fence would hug my paintings in a prestigious New York gallery. That would have made him smile.
Ernie Barnes Carolinian
Source
Ernie Barnes, From Pads to Palette (1995), on framing his paintings with the old wood fence at his father's house in Durham; quoted in Culture Type, September 6, 2019
- form
- book
- work
- From Pads to Palette
- year
- 1995
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“It was perfect. A tribute to Daddy. I framed all of the pain…” Ernie Barnes. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-7DF2BCDF31. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/7df2bcdf31
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