Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 31-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
[continued from last week]
Martin pushed back the sleeve of his rain jacket and looked at his watch—9:40 a.m. “Mike’s probably jealous because I’m submitting a painting to a museum,” Martin thought, trying to recall if he’d even asked Mike about his painting. Maybe that was it. He hadn’t played the game properly. He’d forgotten to ask Val about the garden and Mike about his painting. “Damn!” thought Martin. “I’ll call him later, ask him about his painting and let him know I’ll be on the 7:30 p.m. ferry. What’s he going to do? Say no?” Martin chuckled, happy to have solved the problem. Mike can deal with Val. She’s his wife. Maybe there’ll be leftovers.
“Horse Heaven Hills” from Jarred Up (K, 1993) (download):
