A Blank Canvas

Posted on Friday, December 24, 2010


I am an art collector.  I don’t have anything too crazy or extravagant- just cool, Mississippi, colorful art.  I bought my first piece at the end of my third year of law school at Ole Miss.  Through the years I picked up this canvas print that I have always liked.  The scene is a setting with a big sea and a big sky and a single, red boat.  I like it.  When I look at it, any anxiety I have seems to slip away just a touch.  This piece is what I call “trunk art.”  That’s my word for art that is mass produced as opposed to a true original.  I don’t know if I am using the word correctly, but it seems to fit. READ MORE