To celebrated the end of week three of radiation Roland dusted off his oil paints and brushes and pulled out a very old painting of Lewis, Clark, and Twisted Hair at Canoe Camp that he started when we lived in Idaho. He put on some painting clothes and drove a half a block to Del Parson's house to paint with him in his studio. This is so good for him to be able to socialize and improve on a talent at the same time. I imagine him sitting on the floor cross-legged (Del usually stands when he paints, and Roland does too, but he can't right now. ) with a pallet in one hand and a brush in the other surrounded by an assortment of photos for reference. (When we lived in Idaho, he went to the actual location of this event and took photos of this place as well as of statues on the campus of Lewis-Clark State College reenacting the scene.) Del gave Roland a few suggestions and then asked him to critique the painting he was working on which is of Jesus taking the hand of the woman caught in adultery lifting her up. Roland gave his opinions and Del agreed! :-) He came home very happy and promptly fell asleep.
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