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Joy In My Canvases

I reach for fluorescent pink paint My go-to favorite color of the hour It looks more like neon orange thank pink I slather it lavishly onto the canvas It makes me smile, so I add more. Pretty soon the canvas has it in five places. It brings me artistic joy Enthusiasm rises up from the canvas The faeries like it as much as I do. I begin to paint the dragon….

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L Milton Hankins

Date: 6/14/2021 9:49:00 AM

I would love to see some of your paintings, Caren. Alas, being an art lover, my walls have no more room, and I have paintings stacked behind dressers and chests...even one behind my living room sofa.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 6/15/2021 12:00:00 PM

Fascinating. I'd like to sit in your living room with the black light on. I'll bet it is fantasmagorical (is that a word?) If it isn't it should be.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/14/2021 9:56:00 PM

I have 78 of my own paintings in the livingroom alone. My rooms all have black lights, and I paint in neons.