His sketchbook was always in hand, reflecting Bob's credo that
sketching is critical for an artist who paints ... it was the chance
encounter with a chicken lover in 2004 that allowed Bob to return
to the artist withinquote
from Smoke Signals, June 2007, A
sketch of the artist as an an older man by Alice Eachus.
The event referred to in the quote was a 2003 Atlanta arts
and antiques festival where Glover set up an easel and painted
on site. The artist also carried along one of his sketchbooks.
Designer Stephanie Edgar
Reeves saw
the sketches and commissioned
Glover to do 14 drawing of Extraordinary
Chickens which were exhibited in her gallery.*
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