A lot of great painters, at least the painters I love focused on iconic and common symbols of our lives Artists like Edward Hopper loved to paint things like clotheslines, they were, to him, a reflection of how ordinary people lived.

Clothesline are rare in America now, they are even banned in many gated and exclusive communities, a sign of ordinary, perhaps poor people. Those of who love clotheslines love the smell of clothes dried by the wind and the sun, and without artificial heat.

There is a fresh, soft feeling about them. Here in the country, clotheslines are still common. It is true that some people use them because they don’t have electric washers and dryers.

Maria and I love the look of them, and I am grateful to my AI photo editing program for seeing them my photo in much the same way Hopper might see one. It’s my image, but more than that. I asked Maria and she thinks the subject matter evokes Andrew Wyeth, but the painting style is closer to Edward Hopper.