9 March

Windowsill Gallery: The New Farmhouse, The Changing Landscape

by Jon Katz
Kolkata Meets Gee’s Bend

Our 200 year old farmhouse is ever evolving, a fusion of Colonial America, the Sari’s of Kolkata, the quilts of Gee’s Bend Alabama, all on display in one window of our humble little farmhouse. What would the original builders and owners have made of our living room, a gallery of cultural diversity?

Our new curtains made of Sari fabric, a statue of Buddha given us by a friend, a quilt from the famous quilters of Gee’s Bend,  touched off with some flowers from the ones I got Maria when she came home.

The Gee’s Bend quilters are the inspiration for Maria and her quilts.

Life is an ever-changing landscape, so is our living room.

All of this is Maria’s doing, I just take the photos.

There are many benefits to sleeping with an artist, your home can become a living art gallery with its own curator, a window on the wider world in our small house in our small town. How wonderful to see.

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