Patience and Trust
A number of months ago, a photo of the Hanson Brothers from the movie Slap Shot floated by as I was scrolling through Facebook. I stopped, went back and thought: hmmmmm ? Something about that image said that I needed to paint it. I resisted for a few days but as the feeling didn't fade, I jumped in and got it done thinking that some fan of "old time hockey" would scoop it up immediately. That didn't happen. The painting stayed on my wall, in a spot directly opposite from my desk in the studio for a time before I had the epiphany that it needed to be on public display. I reached out to our friends Tracy and Chris, owners of Stix 'N' Bones, a family entertainment centre about a half a block north of our location in downtown High River to see if they'd be willing to display it. They were immediately accommodating and have given it a home for several months. Heather and I were finishing up an early dinner on Saturday when the bell rang. Someone was at the...
