1701 Ave. E
Bay City, Texas

Dear Mr. Schapiro,

I liked some of your statements recently published in Life and for that reason would like to know you better. I was wondering why in your statements concerning "private symbols"—you didn't bring to mind C.G. Jung's "psychological and visionary" theory from his modern man in search of a soul—his chapter on psychology and literature.

I'd like to introduce myself—my name is Forrest Bess. I am a painter-fisherman. I live on Chinquapin Bay on East Matagorda Bay on the Gulf Coast of Texas. I am fairly unknown and desire to remain so but like most painters—when I hear or meet a person with a viewpoint similar in some ways to mine I have the natural inclination to desire to further that acquaintance.

My gallery is Parsons at 15 E. 57th in N.Y. My gallery would have been Willard if I had sent my work there. I also know Miller (Dorothy) a the M. of M. Art. The classification of my work is "abstract primitive" and "visionary painter."

Sometimes when you're in town go by and look at it and drop me a note.