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| by G. Fred Wickman Code name: Painter  Indiana
Jones he's not. But Kansas City, North, artist Ken Southwick did
have an adventure during a summer trip to India. You can see Southwick's
paintings of India today through Dec. 31 in the art gallery at the
First National Bank of Gladstone, 7001 N. Oak Trafficway.First, though, let Southwick tell his story: "I found three little girls selling scarves along the street in New Delhi and offered to pay them if they would let me paint them. I sat down, and before I had my paints out, I had a crowd of about 20 people standing around watching me. "The police came and broke up the crowd which formed again in about five minutes," Southwick's story continues. "The police broke up this crowd, and now I am surrounded by police. This scared ... me. One officer was particularly ugly and expected me to tip him. I was shaking so bad I didn't realize at first what he wanted." The trip, however, was successful for Southwick. He painted in a museum. He also told us he took 600 photographs and saw some incredible things. He is showing 12 paintings of India at the gallery in the bank. |
