A Civic Reception
imageThe reception is at the newly built impressive Civic Centre conveniently just across the road from the diner and with similar extensive windows, giving a perfect view of Tollgate Rock and the Palisades. It is a gathering of around twenty people and the welcome is, as we’ve come to expect in the town, very warm. After a couple of days here we have so much affection for the place and its people it is great to get a chance to communicate this to everyone interested in our project. Jeriemy gives a short introduction and Ruth speaks about Moran’s Green River work, then it is my turn. Ordinarily I do not like speaking in public but words come easily to me.

Speaking at the Civic Reception at Green River Civic Centre.

Speaking at the Civic Reception at Green River Civic Centre.

At the end I present Jeriemy and the townsfolk with some archive material from the Bolton gallery and they are all very taken with a tea towel of the Green River Painting, available in the Museum shop in Bolton(and possibly online I’ll find out). Finally I present them with a small original work of mine as a memento of our visit. Despite it’s connections with Thomas Moran Green River does not yet have a public Art Gallery, my hope is that one day this small token of my appreciation might be part of a public collection in Green River.
I suppose this signals the end of our trip but there is one last surprise to come and my thoughts on why the expedition has such an impact on Moran.