IN THE STUDIO

LONG SERMON

While on a family vacation to Edisto Island, S.C., I visited the New First Missionary Baptist Church. This active church is listed on the national register of historic places and dates back to 1818. I loved the simplicity of the structure and knew I wanted to use it in a painting. I wandered toward the rear of the church, where the cemetery came into view. It was well-kept and dotted

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CENTRAL ROLLER MILL

My Grandfather would take his corn to this mill for grinding into cornmeal and feed. I remember riding to the mill in a wagon pulled by his tractor. Sitting on top of a heaping pile of dried corn. Inside the mill the air was filled with sweet corn dust so thick you could hardly breath. I loved standing near the shoot where the golden nuggets came gushing out of a

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