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Dad’s painting on the national news
In the Time of Pandemic, the bottom half of one of my favorite paintings by the artist R.J. Fleck (my late father) has become a feature of my Zoom lectures, and webinars, and now an appearance with John Blackstone on CBS This Morning Saturday.
It’s the Grand Canyon, and I said some stuff about the Colorado River, so full circle I guess?
Here’s the whole painting, it’s not dated, but I’m guessing it’s the mid to late 1950s based on what I know of the trajectory of my father’s work:
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by R.J. Fleck
Wow, this is super cool. Nice, John.
John,
Nicely done, scary stuff.
Mike
Beautiful painting and well done interview. Congrats!