A Stroke of Fortune
By Brandy Brinson
Photography by Allison Potter
When Clyde Edgerton and Chip Hemingway separately bid on auction
items years ago, they ended up with a much better deal than either could
have imagined. Hemingway had donated a small painting of Captain
Charlie’s Station at Bald Head Island to the auction for Ecotone, the
University of North Carolina Wilmington’s literary magazine, of which
his wife Kimi Faxon Hemingway is a founding editor. Upon finding out
that Edgerton had bid on his painting, Hemingway in turn bid on another
auction item — lunch with Edgerton. They met at Indochine, where they
quickly found each other to be kindred spirits. They share a similar sense
of humor, love of playing music and — what has become their greatest
bond — a drive to paint.
Clyde Edgerton, front,
and Chip Hemingway
paint in Edgerton’s
neighborhood in May.
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