Word Travels South pages and vibrant red

and vibrant red

then she looked at the sides of the well

Every couple of years

with Nicola’s favorite story being “Little Red Riding Hood” and Ursel’s “Masha and the Bear

6" x 8" acrylics on canvas

Word Travels South pages and vibrant red12" x 24" acrylics on canvas. 2017. I painted this piece as part of my 2017 exhibition Well Read, a collection of works celebrating storytelling, books, and the joy of reading. Before the books arrived, the villagers time was spent collecting shiny but useless trinkets or staring vacantly at the cacophonous boxes that held such prominent places in their homes. The words on the pages brought knowledge, enchantment and adventure to them in a way they