MEMBER NEWS

"LOST" ART-DURING A RECENT APAA SHOWING AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN ORLANDO FLORIDA WE HAD AN ENCOUNTER OF THE THIRD KIND WITH A "THIEF/ART CRITIC". THE SHOW HAD BEEN MONITORED BY LARRY TRAVIS, MEMBER AND PRIOR PRESIDENT OF THE APAA.  HE HAD CLOSED THE SHOW (AFTER MANY POSITIVE COMMENTS BY ATTENDEES) AND LEFT THE WORKS IN THE "SECURED" SHIPPING AREA UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF THE CONVENTION CENTER SECURITY. DURING A 10 MINUTE PERIOD TO RETRIEVE HIS CAR FOR LOADING, UNBEKNOWNST TO HIM, JOHN GLENN WAS BEING HURLED INTO SPACE AND THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD PULLED THE SECURITY FOR TRAFFIC  CONTROL OUTSIDE THE CENTER. MULTIPLE PIECES OF ARTWORK WAS TAKEN FROM THE HOLDING AREA AND LARRY IS VERY UPSET OVER THE LOSS. SOME HUMOR CAME OUT OF THE SITUATION, LARRY COMMENT THAT HE HOPE THE THIEF WAS NOT AN ART CRITIC BECAUSE NEITHER OF HIS PIECES WERE TAKEN. I THINK WE CAN ASSURE LARRY THAT THIS IS NOT TRUE AS HE WON BEST IN SHOW AT THIS YEARS EXHIBIT. TWO OF THE MISSING ENTRIES ARE SHOWN BELOW, THEY WERE MINE I HOPE THE NEW OWNER IS ENJOYING THEM.

  MAINE BOATHOUSE JOHN DORY

RAY FREEMAN, PRIOR PRESIDENT OF APAA, IS ONE OF NINE  ARTISTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN A TOWN BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT. THEY ARE PAINTING A SERIES OF MURALS ON BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. RAY IS PUTTING SOME FINISHING TOUCHES ON ONE OF THE MURALS IN THE ABOVE PICTURE.

EARLIER STAGE OF THE MURAL WITH A GROUP OF THE ARTISTS HARD AT WORK