Painting - Inn of Shelter

Inn of Shelter

This painting illustrates a feeling of friendship. The figures include Sveva and her parents, Miss Juul, and “the most loved of the dogs and cats that have been so important to my life.” The barn used to stand north of Armstrong, and it is “aglow with the warmth and kindness all gentle forms of love accord us.”

Friendship is shelter, kind and accepting,
and beautiful, as was this abandoned barn...
All beauty is shelter, as is endurance, and
long experience, and a gentle old age.

Photo courtesy of Heidi Thompson c. Vernon Art Gallery



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