The paintings and love poems of Jimmy Carter - Washington Post
Now Jimmy Carter’s new book, “ A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety ,” to be published July 7, features selections of the 39th president’s paintings and poetry. Carter is not new to the art world — one of his paintings, “ Live Oak at Sunrise ,” sold for $250,000 at a 2012 Carter Center fundraiser — and the portfolio in his latest book brings together scenes from throughout Carter’s life: portraits of his... Carter completed all the paintings in the book over the past dozen years, while the poems were previously published in his 1994 collection “ Always a Reckoning. Below are some of the most noteworthy and personal paintings and verses in “A Full Life”:. Carter dedicates the book to his spouse — “To Rosalynn, who has kept my life full of love” — and the publication date coincides with their 69th wedding anniversary. He recounts the story of how they met shortly before his final year at the Naval Academy, on a night his girlfriend was away at a family reunion, and how the next morning he told his mother that he was going to marry Rosalynn. The book also features a portrait Carter painted in 2012 of a young Rosalynn in 2012 (“Rosalynn was remarkably beautiful, almost painfully shy, obviously intelligent, and yet unrestrained in our discussions on the rumble seat of the Ford Coupe. ”) and poem he wrote for her, simply titled “Rosalynn. Source: www.washingtonpost.com
