Dee's show at the Thrasher-Horne, titled "Beyond Words" is exactly that---I described it to Julia as being like a choir, with all of Dee's 'voices' coming together in harmony. She liked that description and it was so fitting. When I first met my dear friends, officially, at their shop on Kingsley Avenue, they were going to shrink wrap some of Timmy's school art work. Dee was not there when I had asked Julia if she knew of anyone who did portraits. Almost shyly she told me her mom was an artist and might be interested in doing the portrait. Dee later did agree to do it for me, but needed some photographs to work from. It was only a few months after Timmy's death so was still quite fresh for me, and the ladies would cry with and for Justin and me as we visited their shop. She did his wonderful portrait in pastels and then did a companion piece in oil, as a gift to me, 'because I have to paint it..." That is Dee!And for ten years afterward, we can still cry together, only last night, for joy! Congratulations on a wonderful show, Dee! And good work on the framing, Julia! (At the 'old' store on Kingsley, Dee would mark Justin's height on the door frame, which was sadly left behind when they moved to Fleming Island. At first she did mark his height at the new shop but then he got too big to continue the practice. They still love it when he comes in to see them!)
