Earth's Heart I, was done in 1970 as an art college class challenge. The professor, for whatever reasons, challenged me to produce a 4 foot by 4 foot oil painting of the same quality of a 4 inch by 4 inch watercolor I completed as one of the assignments. He would suspend his regular course of training if I could do it under the condition that if he liked it I would get an 'A' for the class. If he did not like it I would get an 'F' for the class. Being young and dumb, I of course accepted the challenge. I did 8 paintings. He like only one of the 8. I got my 'A' for the class. A few years later my brother-in-law wanted the painting. He has had it hanging in his living room for over 40 years now. In the early 1980's my niece, the daughter of the other brother-in-law, wanted one. So she got one. She has it in her living room for over 30 years now. Two years ago, my daughter wanted one. So, she got Earth's Heart III. It is hanging in her living room. The painting was done using a complete set of pallet knives as I wanted to do it a little differently than I had the first two. Once all the pallet knife work was done I went back into the painting with wadded up paper towels and wadded up toilet paper and did the dabbing. I used a lot of clean paper towels and toilet paper to keep the colors sharp.