back next (to
the LaGrange Show) © 1984 Tom Ferguson I called Lisa Reynolds,
Director of the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center and arranged to meet and
look at some work. I told her I planned to approach Macon, LaGrange and
others. She offered to sponsor a touring show, which probably enhanced
the other approaches. She also suggested targeting certain other
museums. It was a great experience and resume item. I had a trailer
fabricated for $200 dollars and got a nice tour of Georgia. I'd deliver
the work, have an opening, pick it up at the end of the month and bring
it to the next venue - they were timed to make that possible, unlikely
as that sounds. I remember the misty Chinese landscape feeling of south
Ga in the winter and those pecan orchards, the gators in the
Okefenokee, Allman brother's graves on a hill in Macon, pines in the
sand, north GA mountains, overcooked veggies in all you can eat steak
houses, little town squares and,... yes, racism, poverty and trucks
stacked with live chickens on their last ride. It was fun to adapt the
array of paintings to different spaces. The brochure featured paintings
from 1983-4 and statements inside by Peter Morrin and myself. It's on
the main page, near the bottom.
