This painting captures one of those moments in life that are there for a short moment and then gone forever. My family and I were visiting my good friend Matt Ramsey and his family in Nashville, TN, over Easter weekend in 2009. I met Matt while attending Virginia Commonwealth University, and we were both art students looking to become illustrators. Things change… I, of course, am not an illustrator, and Matt is an outstanding singer and songwriter, which is why he and his family live in Nashville. I don’t get to see Matt very often, so I cherish the time that I do get to visit.
Matt and I were up early, both with a cup of his strong coffee in hand; our wives were still in bed, and my son and his daughter were sitting on the sofa watching one of those goofy kids shows that only children like. Enjoying our coffee on that overcast morning, looking out his back door, a mourning dove was just perched on his deck railing, looking very content, making the best out of his spot on that railing. Matt and I watched that dove for a half hour; finally, we just turned to each other and, without a word, raised our coffee mugs, nodded to each other, and we both agreed with the dove… we are making the best out of our little spot.
Selected for the...
2010 Birds in Art
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Wausau, Wisconsin
This painting captures one of those moments in life that are there for a short moment and then gone forever. My family and I were visiting my good friend Matt Ramsey and his family in Nashville, TN, over Easter weekend in 2009. I met Matt while attending Virginia Commonwealth University, and we were both art students looking to become illustrators. Things change… I, of course, am not an illustrator, and Matt is an outstanding singer and songwriter, which is why he and his family live in Nashville. I don’t get to see Matt very often, so I cherish the time that I do get to visit.
Matt and I were up early, both with a cup of his strong coffee in hand; our wives were still in bed, and my son and his daughter were sitting on the sofa watching one of those goofy kids shows that only children like. Enjoying our coffee on that overcast morning, looking out his back door, a mourning dove was just perched on his deck railing, looking very content, making the best out of his spot on that railing. Matt and I watched that dove for a half hour; finally, we just turned to each other and, without a word, raised our coffee mugs, nodded to each other, and we both agreed with the dove… we are making the best out of our little spot.