tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13079172.post8316888569291036432..comments2023-03-26T00:40:45.382-07:00Comments on Opening A Unicorn Shop: Obituary:Troy Dalton Local Painting LegendJeff Musserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557807958490152922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13079172.post-45876751050223050482014-03-16T11:12:40.953-07:002014-03-16T11:12:40.953-07:00A friend sent me this posting about Troy, Wonderfu...A friend sent me this posting about Troy, Wonderful job Jeff. <br /><br />I came to visit him three months before he passed. We were close His grandmother was my favorite aunt. From the time we met in high school, we were thick as thieves. You were generous with him as well. He could be an excellent ass. We had not talked with each other for a decade prior to my visit. Enough was enough and it was time to talk again. The enormity of what I walked into at Town Hall gave me pause, but I ended up staying almost a week. I am at Town Hall now for the second round of clean up and forging the critical path of what should be done next. <br /><br />One of little diamonds discovered last week was a group of about 40 Planning Pads +or-. I believe he used them as a side bar/scratch pad to his work, or journal during his last years. He was 2 years younger than me; endured both kinds of arthritis, and did not paint his last 3 years. <br /><br />I would describe them as a "bag of hammers", Greek Tragedy, with "pearls of wisdom" as the chorus of reason. They are possibly, his Swan Song.<br /><br /><br />FIRST AND LAST ENTRY TO ONE OF DALTONS PLANNING PADS<br />1<br />"The first Woman in Africa to contract Aids was stoned to death by her village when she told them of her illness. <br />..........<br />If you plant enough flowers around<br />where you live the beauty will camouflage<br />the poverty ."<br />[this might have been a quip of Grandma Elizabeth's who also said, "Only fools and new comers predict the weather in Montana".]<br />2<br />"In my version of the creation my god<br />accidentally sets paradise ablaze<br />when trying to smoke Leftists out of the<br />tree of Knowledge<br />[after 3 scratched through attempts to move on, he concludes with]<br />This is one of two studies for the expulsior painting."<br /> [this is all Troy]<br /><br />I have only scanned a few, with nothing to date them so far, and just like Troy, they just start and end with you questioning your question. In another life he would have made a great Rabi.<br /><br />Rich Clawson aka rixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13079172.post-2380467887702249642010-11-17T07:15:20.127-08:002010-11-17T07:15:20.127-08:00I haven't seen Troy for years, since he was at...I haven't seen Troy for years, since he was at Eastern Montana college. He was making huge paintings then, which he let his child participate in. Beautiful figurative paintings in the grand manner with a child's touch. Troy gave me my first Montana art show at the college gallery and invited me back to see his paintings in his studio, which he displayed while holding an olive jar full of olives in vodka - or maybe it was gin, I don't know. He was big in all ways and I am so saddened to hear of his death.<br />maryannfielder@comcast.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13079172.post-84160889391403719902010-09-16T22:09:20.208-07:002010-09-16T22:09:20.208-07:00Hi I wrote a blog about Troy too. He was a good f...Hi I wrote a blog about Troy too. He was a good friend of mine. I saw you at the social media in the urban hive. check out my blog<br /> http://terrierockwellart.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-memories-of-troy-dalton.html<br /><br />I'm a painter too<br />terrierockwellart.com perhaps we can linkAnonymoushttp://www.terrierockwellart.comnoreply@blogger.com