It Was in the Numbers

Our story today comes from Colleen White, and the art work comes from her husband, David White. Being it is Friday when we do outside inspirations, it fits that we can show something non-polymer; although, the shapes of those rocks, the swirling texture in the stone and the green of that cape might bring up a polymer possibility or two.

It Was in the Numbers

My husband and I met in 1969; he was a senior, and I was a junior in high school.  We dated for a few months, then “broke up”, but remained friends as he went off to college in north New Jersey, and I went to Florida to art school. Over the next  four years I saw him only a few times; meeting him and his girlfriend in New York for concerts or visiting them when I went up to New Jersey to visit my folks. The last time I saw him was 1973, and they were married. I later married and stayed in Florida.

In 2001, I had just signed my divorce papers and put a contract on a house when I got a note in the mail from him saying, “Please write or call.” He was an art director in New York when the Trade Towers and Pentagon were hit. He thought it was the beginning of WW3 and decided he had to find me. He had looked for me in the late 80s when he was divorced, but with no luck, so he had hired a detective agency to find me. That’s how he got my address. The first time we talked on the phone, it was like 29 years had disappeared! Within a few months, he moved to Florida, we married and now live in paradise. He is truly my soul mate. He is an amazing artist and inspiration to me.

There are a few strange coincidences that makes it all more fun. We met in 1969, and 911 was the reason he started looking for me again. The house I had just purchased was 911 69^th Ave. He also has the same first and middle name as my ex-husband, and both their last names are colors!

To see more of David’s work, go to his website here. Collen works in polymer and metal clays among other things and has work and classes posted on her website.

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