She came alive when she Heard the Night Wind Cry
by Lydia Burris
$700
She Came Alive when she Heard the Night Wind Cry This piece has many layers. In the context of "Nostalgia", it is a nostalgic piece in 2 ways: 1: It is from my days of teaching community college, as it features one of my students. 2: Symolically I feel it represents a sense of looking to the past, the way the figure is posed, but this is a very loose option. I want the viewer to interpret it in their own way. Inspiration: The inspiration for this drawing came to me one day when one of my students walked into class wearing a this fantastic jacket with concentric circles. I got permission to get a photo and use her as reference. (Thank you Megan!) Process: The structures in the background were made by drawing in pencil, filling the negative space in with black ink, and then erasing the pencil lines. Its a long but satisfying process! The figure is drawn in pencil, the hair and otherworldly atmosphere is done with ink. Meaning: I was aiming for a sense of magic and ambiguous emotions. The way I feel when I hear wind on a warm night. I want to side step into an in-between dimension and feel the source of the universe.