Yesterday, I brought Ed some big fat colored felt marker pens and some non-bleed paper for him to work with. I encouraged him to use more color and thicker pens. Ed has full use of his right hand and arm, but no longer can use any part of the left side of his body, he says he just doesn’t know where he leg and arm is anymore.

He can’t take the top off of the markers, so when he works, I stand alongside of him and hand him the markers he wants to use, then put them back in the bowl Carol brought us when he does. It is laborious for him and tiring.  And I need to stand close.

After two or three sketches, he is exhausted. But it is also rewarding for me, I feel especially close to Ed when we work together like this.

This morning, Beverly, a blog reader from Illinois, messaged me to say she would like to buy one of the sketches, and wanted to pay me $100 for one. I asked Ed, and he said sure, and we set to work to make some.

We had a sweet and productive time. In the process, three new sketches were done, and I am putting each one of them up for sale for $100.

Every dollar will, of course, go to the Gulleys. We only did three of these today, there may or may not be more,  I think there will be more, but I can’t promise that. Every day with Ed is different. If anyone is interested, e-mail me at jon@bedlamfarm, and I will choose to sketches for sale in the order in which the e-mails come in.

I can’t guarantee you the one you might ask for, just one of the three to each of the first three people who e-mail me. Payment will come once the orders are accepted, I’ll give instructions when I get the e-mails, which should include s-mail addresses.

No payments are necessary or should be sent until you are notified by me that you are getting one of the prints. I may not be able to respond individually to everyone who wants a Gulley sketch.

Ed is an a artist as well as  a farmer and his creative spark is strong and fighting to live. These sketches are a pure representation of him.

Here are the signed  sketches:

The upper left sketch represents Small Red Apples, the top right is a Vase With Flowers, and the bottom is a Hedgerow Vine.

Thanks for your interest in Ed’s work.