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Inspired from a photo taken by my cousin, Kari Smith Johnson, of my grandmother's house in Wanilla, Mississippi.

It is now abandoned, but this and another house prior were the only two that I recall her living in, until she could no longer live alone (late 1980s). Neither house had plumbing initially; just an outhouse and a well on the back porch. Later on, in the early 70s (maybe late 60s) she did have plumbing installed. I quite honestly don't remember the house ever being painted. If so, the paint had worn off by the time my memories kicked in.

My art career began in 1964 with drawings of Godzilla in battle with squadrons of fighter jets. Fellow first graders were my early collectors for these scenes of chaos; all free for the asking. At the time, no one knew I'd rather draw cars and castles, but the Godzilla drawings were so popular and made my friends so happy, I couldn't resist. When I was ten years old, my parents (AKA Santa Claus) gave me a microscope for Christmas. The entire process of using the microscope fascinated me; the lens that had two settings, the little rectangular glass slides, even the gray metal box it came in! But of course the best thing was getting a good look into an infinitely tiny magical world. A grain of sugar became a revelation to me. A blade of...