Al Bright, A Master's Piece, 1986, oil on canvas – Taubman Museum of Art - Roanoke, VA My initial plans were to go hiking in Virginia, but thunderstorms forced me to change them. The irony was finding inspiration about wide-open spaces within the enclosed space of an art museum. I had never been to Roanoke, Virginia before, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much history and culture the area offered. Visiting the Taubman Art Museum turned out to be a perfect, unexpected