Avera Road

 OK, I admit that I am drawn to mail boxes, but I don't know why.  I realized my fixation when I began to go through the photo references that I've taken for potential paintings.  Time and again, there was a mailbox in the picture.  Some were a result of my seeking the subject for the painting I did titled "236".  But time and again, mailboxes were simply in a photo I took for other reasons.  In recognizing my "attraction", I decided to do some additional paintings of the various mail boxes I've found.

"Avera Road" is a stretch of rural road in Mississippi.  It is named for some distant relatives of my wife.  Maybe, that was my original motivation for the photo I took.  The name of the road is shown on a sign adjacent to the mailbox.  However, the heavy chain supporting the box was probably the primary reason for the picture.  I find it somewhat humorous that someone made the effort to weld the heavy links together but then bury it in the ground in a fashion that forced the mailbox to slope so severely.  I also wonder if the mailman has trouble keeping the mail in the box as he tries to close the door before the mail slides out.

"Avera Road" The original is a watercolor

on 12 x 16 140# cold press paper and is copyrighted by Gerry

Grimes, the artist.  He retains all rights regarding copies and/or

reproductions regardless of the ownership of the

original by others.  

 The original is not available, but there may be some giclee prints.