Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Remembering George


this video was made by another self-taught artiste in milwaukee jose chavez. jose too is another inspirational artiste impacting the arts.
you will see jose with george in the studio in the pix when he's welding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe3og8aY_nA

george and evelyn the lady you see with him ( they were partners),

http://evelynpatriciaterry.com/news.html

http://www.evelynpatriciaterry.com/

both of them are special spirits and artistes beaucoup mucho talented and have and continue to influence my life. both were very supportive and encouraging of me as an new to art and emerging artiste in milwaukee at university in art school.... well not even emerging at that point as i was at the early stages of my art exploration. they were my mentors and they were influential and brought a strength to the arts community in milwaukee and nationally and internationally.

both are beautiful souls.
george was a unique light, generous of nature and spirit, a beautiful man. george and i had many many long conversations about many things.
he was a searching soul as i. i miss him. and it it is sad to see this video but it is warming to my soul too.

we impact each others lives. we crash into each other in various ways and times. we are connected. life is mystical. a paradox and uncertain and beautiful.
reminds me of the lyrics/poety of the musician singer songwriter dave matthews of the dave matthews band which i love, i'd love to see them live ......................
"Life is short but sweet for certain."

art is unending and has origins in a realm without words and labels,
but when art is true it is felt and seen. george impacted my life and that of many many others.
i am grateful he was my friend and a fellow artiste.
george passed away unexpectedly a few weeks ago of an aneurysm.

i'm sharing with you a glimpse of george's life, his spirit. he is truly missed
by me and many.
the legacy of his art lives.

---22 august 2009

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