This morning Andy the Wonder Dog and I drove out to see Pam(Ferrell)Scruggs and her Boston terrier, Walker. Pam has a one woman art show coming up on October 29th at Smith Hospital, where she will be displaying about thirty of her paintings. Knowing that we will be unable to attend, I wanted to see all of her recent work. Pam is passionate about her art, and it shows. Her paintings are lovely. Although the subject matter varies, from a triptych of pointer puppies to a pastoral landscape painted from her mother's sunroom window, there are common threads that run throughout: dynamic brushwork and shimmering colors that dance across the canvas.

Having gone to many painting workshops over the years with Pam, it's fascinating to look at her work today and see how each one has influenced her unique style. Every teacher leaves his mark. If, one hundred years from now, there was an Antiques Roadshow, and if someone brought one of Pam's paintings in, the appraiser would solemnly pronounce it to be the work of the acclaimed artist from the famous south Georgia school of painters, and declare that, at auction, it would bring some astronomical figure that would make its owner swoon with happiness.