A Hat for Maynard Canvas Print

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This hat belonging to Maynard Dixon hangs on a wall in his Mount Carmel cabin as if it awaits him each day. I found the hat intriguing as part of a personal, but indirect connection. I studied with Milford Zornes who was a great American painter in his own right. Milford was associated with Maynard Dixon for years and ultimately bought the cabin from Dixon and lived there for some time. While driving through southern Utah, I saw the sign for Mount Carmel and told my wife this was where Milford and Maynard's cabin was. Soon we came to a small art gallery beside the road with a sign that said they were showing the work of "Living and Dead Artists". That was too intriguing to pass up. I told the gallery owner I had studied with Milford Zornes and that we were looking for his cabin. She told us that she now owned it and ran it as a museum with a self-guided tour. It was just up behind her gallery on the hillside. We bought tickets for the tour and went exploring. This old hat was a treat...

William Fields, Artist Two Soaring Hearts, LLC www.william-fields.artistwebsites.com P.O. Box 293 Hermann, MO 65041 phone: 573.486.5252 or 314.578.5767 http://www.williamfieldsartphoto.com/develop/ Art is my passion. I try to put everything I have learned from every great teacher and through every mistake I have made into each and every piece with as much passion as I have for art and for life itself. Artists have been accused of being self aggrandizing, long winded, name droppers. I hate it when the critics get it right! In an attempt to diffuse those kinds of accusations, regardless of how accurate they may be, I am writing this statement today. Each picture I make begins with a germ of an idea. I visualize how I...