The drawing I did on the Oprah Winfrey Show -- and hopes dashed with the cancellation of Oprah's Toronto Event

Oprah Winfrey Skype Sketch

from the show Where In The Skype Are You

willow charcoal on Canson Mi-Teintes paper
11 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches
Barbara Muir © 2009

I was very sad today to get an email from the ticket

agent saying that Oprah's Toronto event this Friday
was cancelled.  Apparently the NBA needs the Scotiabank
arena because of ongoing games with the Raptors, and
Oprah couldn't do her show here.

I was quite down for awhile, but luckily I'm reading her book.  I
could go to Montreal on Sunday to see her, only I can't
because I teach on Monday, and also when I did buy the
tickets here, the whole stadium sold out minute by minute,
so I know that the best seats in Montreal would be gone.

Because the book is about Life speaking to you, I knew
that it would be wrong to waste my time feeling sorry
for myself and my husband.  But we were both really
disappointed because we did so look forward to seeing
Oprah and hearing her talk about her book, and her life.

So I got to work on one of my current paintings, which is
almost finished, and when it's done I'll show it to you.
Meanwhile here's the drawing I did when I was featured on
the Oprah Winfrey Show.  -- I had 45 minutes and worked on
drawing Oprah when she turned in my direction.  It was like
trying to catch the wind (there were 10 Skype Interviews on
that show), but I did my best.

Have a getting back to art day.