Perkins Road

By Tula Holmes

When you turn to your wife and ask,

“How long has it been since I’ve seen her?”

she’ll look at her watch and answer,

“Perhaps a year, maybe two.”

Before you click the lamp off,

you’ll mention getting together

between vacations and busy schedules.

But my clock ticks slower now,

in seconds too many to count,

so I’ll pass the time wishing we lived

down the street from each other

on Perkins Road, where as a girl

I rode a blue Schwinn, popped pink bubble gum,

and dreamt of Little Joe on Sunday nights.

Sweet Home is oil on paper. The model is a Batwa Pygmy from a small village near Ngozi in the mountains of Burundi, Africa. They are some of the poorest people on earth. Pray for them.

The Potato Peeler

Although I painted The Potato Peeler monumentally, she is a Batwa and one of the poorest people on earth. The root, or potato, that she cleans will be the only meal she gets that day. I hope you find her as beautiful as I do.

New Africa

This painting was inspired by a photo taken from a speeding bus as I traveled from Bujumbura, Burundi to the mountain town of Gitega on my first trip to the Homes of Hope Orphanage. I knew when I saw this man in his traditional robes, that I would one day paint this scene. Before him Africa is changing as quickly as the approaching storm. The soil in Burundi is orange clay, thus the use of orange throughout the painting. I hope you enjoy it.

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