I was invited to a two camp two weeks ago that was for children who have suffered loss in their young lives. I had a specific task that I was asked to head. With that I was tagged as 'the art lady' to guide the children in a banner making project. I was able to bring my twelve year old beagle, Maggie. The children and adults loved her and made her very welcome. On the last day a little girl came up to me and asked if she could give Mag a cheese nip. I said yes and how nice of her to want to share. Then one cheese nip led to another...they were serious now as the little girl and Maggie were now face to face and I melted, gave in, and said share on. Maggie has not had a salty snack shared since Richard was no longer able to eat them himself and of course was no longer able to share with Maggie. She has last ten pounds since his death. I took photos with permission of her grandparent but this one exemplifies the sharing nature between the two. L was feeding food and love to Maggie and Maggie was returning that love and attention to L.
The gestural movement of this image is something I think I may paint but wanted to do a drawing to see what I caught. Today has been a busy day so I chose to draw. I can do fussy literal drawings that can take hours and days. But for my purpose for both the challenge and the planned painting later I was looking for the gestural qualities and a simple drawing.
charcoal on paper, 11"x14"
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