Heroes make me happy

The artist thinking

charcoal on bond paper

14 x 15 inches

Barbara Muir © 2017

Being happy and understanding how to stay that way is

an obsession of mine.  I am lucky to know, and work with

funny, kind and happy people here and across the planet.

So today I did a little charcoal study of one of my happiness

heroes in art -- Veronica Funk.  I think I have her permission

to try and do a portrait, and Veronica if you're reading this,

I could do more work on this -- or proceed to painting you,

as you have done portraits of so many fantastic women heroes

of your own.  You are one of mine.

Veronica paints the brightest, most exuberant, paintings full

of colour pattern, and themes -- one of which is great women

in history.  

Another conversation that made me laugh and pleased me

no end was with a colleague at the college where I teach

writing one night a week.  We had been joking about 

beginning the course with Chaucer, the great English

writer from the Middle Ages. I studied
Chaucer in university and have a large hard cover text

I can barely carry -- all Chaucer.  The other night because

of this idea I started reading the great writer -- just

picking a random page and despite the old English,

enjoyed his delicious turn of phrase and humour.
But he would be the wrong writer for an essay
writing class. 

Chaucer

marker on bond paper

8 x 5 inches

Barbara Muir 

Et voila a small sketch of the man for you based on

a photo of an actor called Phil Boardman portraying

Chaucer in 2000 as part of the Chautaugua  series

in L.A.

Have a picking-heroes-that-make-you-happy day.