The Search

Beginning the search for the artwork of my artist friend, Donna May Hatcher, who recently passed away, has been a challenge to say the least. It is an honor to know that I was named in her Will to find, document, and sell her artwork. I will have to say that it has been quite emotional walking through what was to her, so very sacred. Even though I have permission to search these hidden, revered spaces upon Hatcher Hill (farmland owned by her family in Baconton, Ga., for generations), it has felt as if I were somewhat trespassing. Searching through discarded even forgotten objects of the past, her artwork would emerge, as if it were playing a game of hide and seek. The old structures I have been walking through, 100 year old farmhouses and barns, beautifully weathered by Mother Nature, seemed to protest my search, creaking and groaning at the weight of my footsteps as I carefully inched across their old pine floors. It's truly heart warming finding pieces of her brilliant, gentle soul. Every piece I would discover seemed to radiate an energy of her sheer presence and strength.

Pictured below are images of her nephews, Will and Douglas Hatcher posing in front one of the old houses on Hatcher Hill