A little boy dressed in his cowboy outfit was a dramatic foil to the President of the Board of Da Vinci Art Alliance, as she gave the curatorial talk at last Sunday's reception for Da Vinci's Annual Members Exhibition. He strutted, hammed it up, and stole the show, enjoying every minute.
I found out later he was Pat Burns' grandson, there with his father, Pat's son. I was touched and surprised when my mixed-media piece (above) was awarded the first annual Pat Burns Memorial Prize, (a cash prize). Pat Burns, who passed away last year, was an extraordinary painter and apparently an equally extraordinary person.
I met a long-time friend of hers at the reception, who by chance happens to live two blocks away from me. The synchronicity of meeting someone who was a close friend of Pat's for forty years and then finding out we are neighbors, felt like something that is meant to be. I look forward to getting together with my new friend and neighbor and learning about the the very special person whose legacy I am now connected to and honored by, including viewing a CD of all of Pat's art that she photographed.
How could I not feel connected to Pat after being congratulated several times by Pat's son, and seen her grandson collapsed on his father's shoulder, a worn out little cowboy?
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