An Invitation to a Wake

I got this odd email the other day.

You are all invited to join me in mourning the voluntary, but permanent, expatriation of a painting that has always been too heavy to hang, but has appeared on numerous occasions below one's ordinary sightline. ...

It will sail out of Richmond toward an obscure New York State hamlet on August 27th, never to be seen (except THERE) again.

When you consider it was from sometime Richmond artist Brett Busang, it's not so odd. A casual reading of this email led me to believe that Brett was departing along with his painting.

I am clearly more broken up about this than any of you can ever be, so your collective function will be to feel my pain for a moment

Rather than mourn his departure, we celebrated an all too rare visit to Richmond and a chance to chat and critique. Brett's paintings are a historical record of our city as it was. Many of these locations no longer exist. I am moving his paintings back into feature rotation. He's been a good friend and fortunately we haven't seen the last of Brett Busang.

Here's a couple of paintings that were posted previously. Brett's promised to provide more. I look forward to sharing them here.

Bridges Raised and Bridges Fallen

Bridge Over the Kanawa Canal

Used by permission.
© Brett Busang