Lucy Hunnicutt

"All of these paintings are parts of my life in a remote area of north Florida where I lived for nine years, in a two-room house, faded on the outside to turquoise. I learned that I could do many things I'd never suspected I would have to. I learned to build a fire that would warm me through the night. I learned to build a fence around my garden so the deer wouldn't ravage my tomato crop. I learned to row a canoe out to the oyster beds on a frigid winter day, where I walked for hours with a friend, an oyster knife and a bottle of whisky to keep us from freezing while we ate oysters so fresh they actually glowed. I learned to climb a tree if a wild hog chased me. And I learned the value of good neighbors when trouble came.

At times I felt loneliness so deep and terrible it threatened to drown me. Other times I was touched by an indescribable sense of something I can only say is the opposite of that, a feeling of connection so profound, so sure and total. I believe this was God coming through to me.

These days, I still live in relative isolation, but it feel's very rich to me in all the things I consider necessities."