The Escapades of Two Small Chihuahuas, the Cat They Love to Tease, and Various Other Animal Tales
Feb 27, 2011
Portrait of Maia Louise I
The first of two portraits of Maia based on some photos of her recently published here (see "Maia Louise," January 4, 2011). I managed to effectively maintain her haughty, obnoxious attitude in this drawing, which is so important as it's her defining characteristic.
Portrait of Maia Louise, graphite on paper, 2011 (detail)
Artist, writer, hippie girl, earth mother, nearly nonstop talker and generally exhausted insomniac. If I'm not painting or drawing, I'm writing, often well into the wee hours of the morning.
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
-Anatole France
The indifference, callousness and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great suffering in animals, and second because it results in an incalculably great impoverishment of the human spirit.
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