CLOSED ON BROADWAY’/acrylic/gunther By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)   Change is part of the march of time. The hands may slow but the moments pass anyway. There can be sadness, loss of cherished routine, worry about… Continue reading

‘CITY OF MANY COLORS’/acrylic/ November 11, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III      The thing about a city is its diversity. It doesn’t get built by one tribe. It doesn’t rise to its heights nor extend to its breadth… Continue reading

‘ONE’/acrylic/gunther By Arthur H. Gunther III Everything begins with “1” after there is zero. The first second of life. First awareness. First year. First grade. First friend. First joy. First love. First job. First success. First home. First child. First… Continue reading

  ‘PATH’/photograph/gunther   By Arthur H. Gunther III What paths we take in this life,  not knowing the why of the walk nor the destination. The marks of others  are there to see, if we  but look down. Halted steps,… Continue reading

  October 21, 2019 ‘FOG’/acrylic on canvas   By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Fog — le brouillard — particularly if  it comes on the broad expanse of L’Avenue des Champs-Élysées — is not merely mist in the air from… Continue reading

‘AT THE CAPE’/gunther October 14, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com       Seasons always end, leaving memories whether photographic, in the mind, in the heart, in the soul. They are there for renewal, reinforcement, reassurance.     … Continue reading

October 7, 2019 ‘TUNED TO WSM, NASHVILLE’/acrylic/gunther By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      Defining country music is like translating the ever-growing list of languages, including colorful, highly descriptive idioms, in this immigrant America. Listening to it, from the… Continue reading

‘COBALT IN OCHRE’/acrylic/gunther September 30, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com       Sometimes what you look at is not what you see, like when you dream and the events are not reality. In both “readings,” the perceptions already… Continue reading

‘BARN AT SANDYFIELD’/acrylic/gunther September 23, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III        Thirty or so modest houses around a Pond called Beaver were more than just structure to the people within and about the meadows, the hills, the… Continue reading

Acrylic on canvas/gunther   September 16, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III CHANGE OF PACE: Song lyrics (mine) instead of an essay…   I locked the door last night, though it never had a key. You are gone, and I… Continue reading