Carol Es, contemporary, self-taught artist, Los Angeles, specializing in garment patterns and oil paintings with embroidery.

Keith Southern wrote through the night and I wondered if the morning would bring him a hangover like I've never known. It seemed we all were allowed inside him and I hope he did not feel used. This piece seemed the ultimate expression - I didn't know art could get that pure. Just when you thought it had all been done, an artist appears and leaves you frozen.

10/18/03