Orange Brella by Mary Rountree Moore from the collection of Jackie Humphrey

“As a painter, I am delighted when one who has purchased my work comes to me years later and tells me how much they are still enjoying the painting. How it is the first thing they see when they enter the room, or wake up in the morning, or unlocked the door to their vacation house. It is still a thrill for me to know that those who have collected are repeatedly enthralled by a particular work - they seem to be sure they have the best one I have ever painted!  I like knowing that my personal images are being enjoyed by others, that they have good homes - some are hard to let go!  As a collector, there are very few pieces of art that I can easily part with, as they were bought with such joy, to be contemplated for a lifetime.”

 Mary Rountree Moore