Week 21. Friday, April 12, 2013. Final Episode
A BOLO has been put out for Wanda “Jo Friday”
Rottenfusser. She has been charged with
spreading falsehoods - tinkering with the facts to protect the guilty. The truth might surprise you! Here is the story.
It is early in the morning and cold in Calgary. I am alone in my studio watching the sun turn
the Rockies to rose. My alias is
Josephine Friday – my friends call me Jo, Jo Friday and I carry a paintbrush. My assignment the last five months – infiltrate
the Hilton Head group, gain their trust and expose their secrets to the
world. It was a tough job but someone
had to do it.
Who are this sisterhood of felons? Circumstantial evidence shows a large, loosely
organized group centered in the United States but with connections in several
other countries. They appear to gather
in different locations quite frequently to learn new skills from highly trained
leaders, often returning again and again if the leader is particularly talented
(e.g. Karin “Quickdraw” Jurick). They
are well versed in the digital age and are good at networking online as well as
in person. Their alleged crime is
shooting individuals, animals, landscapes, flowers, etc. without warning and
immortalizing them in paint. They use
knives, brushes and a wide variety of mediums.
Some do this for their own enjoyment and some extort money from the
unsuspecting public in return for these “masterpieces”. They exhibit a wide range of interests and
skill levels but they all have one thing in common – PASSION! It’s what separates champions from also-rans,
the great from the merely good and this group has it in spades.
Happy painting everyone!
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| Artist: Wanda Rottenfusser |
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| Artist: Kathleen Coy |
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