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From the Artist:
"This print is special to me.  My only daughter and a dear friend willingly posed for this print.  I found an actual CSA Marker near my home.  With my photographer friend, Mike Whitten on a  Sunday afternoon, I set out to get some 'good shots' to work with on the painting.  On the original CSA Marker, the name Samuel Allen was displayed.  Since I am in this area and figured he was too, I started researching his name.  I only found out that he was from the Holly Springs, MS area.  I don't know if he had family here or not.  No one seemed to know anything about him.  Sadly, I probably NEVER will find out anything about him.  And there are so many more soldiers that gave their lives for a cause that are in some unmarked grave or a marked one that no one knows anything about them.  This painting is dedicated to ALL the men of the south that gave so much of themselves for something they believed in.  I shudder to think that our devotion today would not be so committed.  This is NOT a painting that is 'morbid'.  It is a remembrance of a dedicated soldier and the family he left behind.  I chose to change the name on the marker to my Confederate ancestor.  This painting is not as much a painting of period authenticity as much as it is a painting of symbolism."

Everyone has lost someone close to them at some time in their life.  "The Separation" is a painting derived from the photography of Mike Whitten which tells of this deep, saddened state of mind.  The Old South, in all its glory, sheltered this maiden from the harsh realities of life.  But the War between the States could not protect her from the earthly separation from her beloved husband.  She would be one of many women who would pour out their emotions over the loss of their husband, the loss of their possessions, and the loss of a way of life.  Cotton was no longer king and the stately plantation mansions were marred with smoke and destruction.  The plantation mistress would have to work the fields along side other family members, only to have the old home place torn away due to delinquent taxes.  Through all her pain, the young lady is quietly comforted by the ghost of her husband.  A gentle reminder that no matter what, he is still a part of her soul.