 said to me as i was trusted i just wanted to paint landscapes because it took my mind off of everything and uh as she was teaching me and i would paint she would say tell me a story and i would tell her a story of something and she said when i finished that landscape she said that should be the last landscape you ever do she said you have all so many great american stories you should paint stories and we started talking about how our artists no longer tell stories you know it's kind of like you know hilton hotel art it's just kind of