“The Road Between” |

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“The Road Between”

Title: “The Road Between”
Artist: David Holmes
Size: 8.5” x 11”
Medium: pencil, ink, and colored pencil on paper
Artist Statement: I gained inspiration for this piece from riding my Harley Davidson down a variety of roads, some treacherous and some beautiful. It calls to mind the different paths in life that I and others have chosen and traveled on. I have quite a few friends and family members of the Vietnam era, and I see the struggles they go through and know of the lack of respect they got. I would hope that they feel there is a stretch of good road between the bad ones.

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