Dwight started painting at about 5 years old. Louise tells of how Dwight had dinosaurs in all of his pictures. He became interested in the Civil War around 8 and I think I can remember Civil War battlefield drawings with dinosaurs! from age 10 to 18 Dwight's art reflected the struggle that many young men went through trying to make sense of a nation at war with others and within. This was Dwight's dark abstract period. I remember a very remarkable painting that he gave me that was a 3 ft x 3 ft reproduction of the album cover for Court of the Crimson King. Once when a best friends son was visiting me and discussing how King Crimson music had affected him, I was moved to give him Dwight's painting. Spread the word baby! When Dwight moved to Christiansburg, he began to settle into understanding who some of his heros were and what the positive things in his life were. He started doing paintings of Einstien and the Lee and Grant. I think it was in the 80s that he produced many of the remarkable paintings of Gettysburg and Virginia landscapes. We have carefully saved all of the paintings that we could locate. We will be photograping and converting them to digital images and prints over the next year. We will be trying to figure out ways to do public displays of Dwight's paintings. We are open to suggestions. I am dedicating my time to creating a biography of Dwight. Please send us any experiences that you had with Dwight to me.
Louise and I are sorting through over 100 pieces of Dwight's art. His range of paintings, from portraits of famous people, to Civil War landscapes and battle scenes, to space and rocket depictions is remarkable. I am hearing lovely tales of his going out and just sharing a day of painting with Walt, Patty, Alice, Paul Jr, and Sully. We will be making prints and posting them to the internet.
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Dwight started painting at about 5 years old. Louise tells of how Dwight had dinosaurs in all of his pictures. He became interested in the Civil War around 8 and I think I can remember Civil War battlefield drawings with dinosaurs! from age 10 to 18 Dwight's art reflected the struggle that many young men went through trying to make sense of a nation at war with others and within. This was Dwight's dark abstract period. I remember a very remarkable painting that he gave me that was a 3 ft x 3 ft reproduction of the album cover for Court of the Crimson King. Once when a best friends son was visiting me and discussing how King Crimson music had affected him, I was moved to give him Dwight's painting. Spread the word baby! When Dwight moved to Christiansburg, he began to settle into understanding who some of his heros were and what the positive things in his life were. He started doing paintings of Einstien and the Lee and Grant. I think it was in the 80s that he produced many of the remarkable paintings of Gettysburg and Virginia landscapes. We have carefully saved all of the paintings that we could locate. We will be photograping and converting them to digital images and prints over the next year. We will be trying to figure out ways to do public displays of Dwight's paintings. We are open to suggestions. I am dedicating my time to creating a biography of Dwight. Please send us any experiences that you had with Dwight to me.
Louise and I are sorting through over 100 pieces of Dwight's art. His range of paintings, from portraits of famous people, to Civil War landscapes and battle scenes, to space and rocket depictions is remarkable. I am hearing lovely tales of his going out and just sharing a day of painting with Walt, Patty, Alice, Paul Jr, and Sully. We will be making prints and posting them to the internet.
Every time an artist dies part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
1941, As FDR Said, p. 161
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