For the past several years, I have been asked to donate a painting for an auction for one of the student groups at the University of Alabama. Apparently someone bids on these things because the folks running the auction keep asking. I am honored to be asked. This year it was the Student Executive Council that requested the painting.

Most of the time, I have done something that includes Phifer Hall, the home of the College of Communication and Information Sciences. This year, I decided to do something a bit different and tried my had at Gorgas Hall, once the home of the Gorgas family and now one of the oldest buildings on the campus.

It’s a great building to draw and paint — lots of classic lines and a winding staircase and railing that makes it very interesting. So, too, do the archways that lead into the ground floor of this low country house. I decided on a worm’s eye perspective that makes the building look larger than it really is, but still I think it’s a fairly accurate representation.

Hope it sells and makes the kids a bit of money for whatever fine project they have in mind.