Leaves
acrylic on canvas - 40" x 24" - 1996
In the book River Notes, by Barry Lopez, published in 1979 by Avon Books, there is a story called "The Falls". It begins ...
"Someone must see to it that this story is told: you shouldn't think this man just threw his life away.
When he was a boy there was nothing about him to remember. He looked like anything else - like the trees, like other people, like his dog. The dog was part coyote. Sometimes he would change places with his dog. For a week at a time he was the dog and the dog was himself, and it went by unnoticed. It was harder on the dog, but the boy encouraged him and he did well at it. The dog's name was Leaves."