What's Behind Those Windows?

Morning Windows
Charleston, South Carolina

I started painting windows many years ago.  I was drawn to them whether they were broken, ancient, plain, or decorated.

Blue Shutters - Casa Feliz
Winter Park, Florida

I thought they would make ready subject matter.  Think about it -- windows are pretty much every where.  

Before the Storm
Charleston, South Carolina

They have a life of their own 

depending on the weather and time of day.

I found I preferred the older ones, the ones with more character, who had seen and experienced more in their lives.

Moonlit Ruins - Bulow Plantation, Florida

Passages , Princess Place - Flagler County, Florida

I fell in love with cities and towns just by what kind of windows I found wandering when I was wandering the streets -- Charleston, Savannah, 

and of course the jewel box of Paris

Spring Light  - Charleston, South Carolina

Evening Window - Savannah, Georgia

Paris Window - Paris, France

Sometimes a window can look out and speak volumes of the person who has lived in that house -- like this one in the kitchen of the Olson home in Cushing, Maine -- where Christina of the famous Wyeth painting, "Christina's World" spent her life.

Winter Memory Olson House - Cushing, Maine

Solitude - Owl's Head, Maine

Windows have become a symbol of memories and travels to me, ambassadors of the city where they dwell. I never cease to wonder about what is behind all those windows.  In many ways, they are like people, not so different in look, silence and solitude.

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Krys Pettit -- Artist