2002 UIPA Nominee Local/Regional
Coverage
SISTERS.....18 x 36
HOUSES in the FIELDS
They're growing houses in the fields between the towns, and the Starlight drive-in movie's closing down
The road is gone to the way it was before...And the spaces won't be spaces anymore.
Two more farms were broken by the drought...First the Wagners now the Fullers are pulling out.
Developers paid better than the corn...But this was not the place where they were born.
There's houses in the fields...No prayers for steady rain this year
Houses in the fields...There's houses in the fields
And the last few farms are growing out of here
At first he wouldn't sell and then he would...Now they'll be children playing where the silo stood
The word came from the marrow of his bones...it was the last sure way to pay off all his loans.
The new streets will be named for kings and queens...And a ransom will be paid for every castle's dream
The model sign is crested with a lion...And the farmers they will have enough to die on
I guess no one should be afraid of change...But tell me why there is a fence for every open range
It's a sign I'm getting on in the years...When nothing new is welcome to these eyes and ears.
John Gorka
COWS v CONDOS: "COWS WIN"
WENDY'S COW.....16 x 20
HIDDEN ARCHITECTURE.....16 x 20
THERE AIN'T ROOM IN THIS FIELD FER THE TWO OF US
12 x 24
STARDUST MEMORIES.....20 x 20
ABOUT CAROL VAN STEETER: Carol doesn't like the title "artist" and instead simply
claims to be a woman who loves to paint. Her art lay in the shadows for 20 years, but it started
to 'seep out from around the edges' about six years ago. Now she is passionate about it.
She lives in the landscape she loves--the high desert of Monticello--with husband Scott & dog Tess.
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