Dear Friends,

 

Can you believe that Thanksgiving is upon us? With each passing year my gratitude grows. I have been blessed with a wonderful life. This year I will have my distribution center open for the Thanksgiving weekend as part of the Made in Mathews Open Studio Tour. I am really excited to be there. I will be meeting collectors, signing artwork and sharing a unique behind-the-scenes experience of producing my art. You are invited to tour the facility. My daughters Patty and Becky will be here to show you around and answer questions. For this event, we have assembled a large collection of my original watercolors, most of which not been printed. My distribution center is also home to the P Buckley Moss Foundation for Children’s Education and the Moss Society. I want to share my world with you and I ask that you join me in following the current Covid prevention guidelines as set forth by the State of Virginia. Please wear your mask and maintain a social distance of 6 feet. If you forget your mask, we can provide you with one. The Made in Mathews development committee has thoughtfully scheduled the Open Studio Tour for two weekends; however, I will only be able to be there for the first weekend due to the Annual Winter Gallery Open House with the Moss Gallery of Waynesboro, scheduled for Dec 5-6.

 

From inside my distribution center. On the L is the showroom where I will be signing; on the R, the kiln room.

 

You’ll find me at 74 Poplar Grove Lane in Mathews on Saturday, November 28th from 10 am until 5 pm, and Sunday, the 29th, from Noon until 5 pm. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to call. The number is 804-725-7378. See you there!

 

Following my trip to Mathews I return to Waynesboro for a two day holiday open house with the P Buckley Moss Gallery of Waynesboro on Saturday, December 5th and Sunday, the 6th. My next newsletter will have more information on this show.

 

I am always delighted to see what Corrado has been working on in the frame shop. The P Buckley Moss Gallery in Waynesboro is home to the largest collection of my original artwork as well as older and hard-to find prints, such as A Quiet Moment, pictured here.

 

This year for Thanksgiving many of us will not be gathering with all of our family members. I want to share Marjorie Saiser’s poem, Thanksgiving for Two, which laments a similar situation only to find comfort and gratitude in the end.

Happy Thanksgiving to you.

 

   The adults we call our children will not be arriving

with their children in tow for Thanksgiving.

We must make our feast ourselves,

 

slice our half-ham, indulge, fill our plates,

potatoes and green beans

carried to our table near the window.

 

We are the feast, plenty of years,

arguments. I’m thinking the whole bundle of it

rolls out like a white tablecloth. We wanted

 

to be good company for one another.

Little did we know that first picnic

how this would go. Your hair was thick,

 

mine long and easy; we climbed a bluff

to look over a storybook plain. We chose

our spot as high as we could, to see

 

the river and the checkerboard fields.

What we didn’t see was this day, in

our pajamas if we want to,

 

wrinkled hands strong, wine

in juice glasses, toasting

whatever’s next,

 

the decades of side-by-side,

our great good luck.

 

Until next week,

 

Love,