This Time traveling Episode is: The is the Case of Marla Seacrist

After the announcement of the Mystery of the Missing 2000 James Yale Pastels, in the month of July we discovered five more artworks and captured two more interviews .

Here’s my interview disclaimer of this past year’s recorded stories:

I am not an interviewer, but I love me a genuine conversation. 

What James found in the eyes of the people in these portraits, I am honored each week to share a moment of storytelling.

After one full year of Nancy Drew’ing with you’ns, James didn’t just leave me a mystery of lost art; James left me connections and blossoming friendships.

During our marriage, James would receive emails and letters from people who still treasure a portrait of their “Aunt Jane” or about a father’s portrait that still hangs over the mantle. They also shared stories about their pastel portraits. 

I want us all to have a deeper understanding of “Aunt Jane.” What James captured in the light of the eyes of the people who are the subjects of these portraits, I want to know their human stories. In this conversation I learn about Marla and Steve Seacrist’s love story

The conversations for the James Yale Rediscovered Art Project are not the 45 second social media fast reel. These conversations spiral in twists of time. We do not edit them that much, I let YOU be a dragonfly on the pond listening in.

They are captured for the documentation of the stories behind the art and of the man James Yale for a future documentary – The Lost Artist of the Ozarks.  

The following conversation is with Marla Seachrist, her story is unique

because it tells us about James Yale the artist, and how he could lock on to an image in his memory and … .even paint it again.

Charlotte Buchanan Yale