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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.

Ronald 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, he is coming to terms with the full scope—including the limitations—of his accountability. Facing his octogenarian-hood head-on, this self-exiled hermit feels 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, Ronald has been weighted down by a conjoined pair of secrets he’s lugged around since 1958. Lying low these past several decades as a recluse on family acreage that clings to the sloped and sparsely wooded outskirts of Crested Butte, Colorado—Simpleman has managed to outlive nine presidents and so far, outsmart his undertaker.

With what might be his final winter upon him and with too little time left now to lighten his guilt-laden load or expunge his soul, and with no expectation he’ll still be around to face his accusers come spring, Ronald believes he might get away scot free as he rounds up his closet skeletons for their short commute with him to his final resting place in the Simpleman Family plot.

Available Fall 2025