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“Men Through the Ages”
Greg Dow, SFCA
24” x 36” Acrylic on Canvas 
Honourable Mention – 2019 Federation of Canadian Artists Juried Exhibition “Painting on the Edge”
(From the private collection of the Author)

From the Back Cover:

No man is that simple.

Ron Simpleman is not about to take the fall for the faults of the fathers. He may be a pansy, but he’s no patsy. While his conscience has been in full-blown crisis mode for three quarters of a century, this self-exiled hermit feels like it might be finally safe to ease out of hiding. 

Misguided in childhood through the fault of his father, just as his grandfather had misled his dad, Simpleman has been burdened by secrets he’s lugged around since he was a kid. Lying low for more than half a century as a recluse on family acreage clinging to the sloped outskirts of Crested Butte, he has managed to outlive nine presidents and at least so far, outsmart those who may be after him.

Now, with what might be his final winter upon him and too little time left to expunge his guilt-ridden soul, Simpleman believes he just might get away scot free as he rounds up his closet skeletons for the short trip to his final resting place in the Simpleman Family plot.

Available Fall 2025