Back in November, Joe and my wife Jackie and I attended a painting workshop at the Greenbush, Minnesota Library offered through an activity that "... is funded, in part, by a grant from the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council and the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008,” and facilitated by Northwest Minnesota area artist Trey Everett. Held in a variety of locations throughout the region, we were provided a 12×12 canvas, supplies and instruction to create a piece of art around the theme "WE ARE WATER." Water can be a source of recreation; it keeps us alive; it is used for daily life. Participants were encouraged to bring snippets or photographs or anything else they might want to use as material, medium, or inspiration. Forty-four completed artwork have been on display in the NWMAC Gallery, in East Grand Forks, since November and will run thr...