The Beauty of Everyday People

Paintings Vividly Alive

• By Casey Hynes
• Roll Call Staff
• Nov. 9, 2009, Midnight

You know these people. The working-class guy in the baseball cap with the grooved lines on his face looks like your uncle. The dark-eyed Latina woman was on the Metro with you during your commute home from work. You saw the freckled boy with slightly protruding ears at the grocery store. They’re the people you’ve grown up with. Or at least they could be.