For a description of how this painting was created, please visit my blog post ‘Silver Dagger’.Read more

The singer-songwriter Gillian Welch kindly gave me permission to use her song ‘Caleb Meyer’ for the title of this painting. The first contemporary murder ballad in the series. Murder Ballad Monday, as always, gives a thorough study of the song.Read more

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For a description of how this painting was created, please view my blog post ‘Misogyny’.Read more

This painting is based on the old ballad ‘Little Maggie’. Below is a link to a performance of the song by balladeers Greg and lucretia Speas, of Madison County, North Carolina. Little MaggieRead more

For an explanation of how this painting came to be created, please visit my blog post ‘Misogyny’.Read more

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