It's about time

The Way Things Change, and Don't

This painting was done in the early 1970s.

"Time Machine" came from my head. Made it all up.

This was a kind of Norman Rockwell-influenced take on the times.

First of all, the the obvious. Old pick-up truck, elder driver and young man.

The driver and the truck belong together, of an age and culture.

The young man is experiencing change, as befits that age. His hair is longish, but still country. It bothers the older man because that hair is getting longer.

And that shirt of his. Embroidered! Like a woman's blouse. Where does he get these ideas?

The truck has been around for three decades, and the old man longer.

The young man is in his late teens.

They sit quietly as they drive through space and time, their thoughts to themselves.

They're going to town in response to a letter from the draft board.

The painting itself has traveled through time and space with me for about 35 years.