A Little Bird

This is for Laura, who said she liked my artwork. This is a small Arist Trading Card (ATC) done for an ATC exchange of drawings of "everyday objects." This was sort of a stretch for an everyday object. It is a little pottery container topped with a crow-like object. It sits on my desk and holds loose change. It is pretty much the size you see it.

I bought this a while ago. I had two small children and needed a break, so, leaving the kids in the care of my husband, I hopped on my bike and rode along the bayside road to a local art show, scenically located in a boathouse/community center overlooking the bay. A pottery maker had made these little pottery boxes with strange creatures inhabiting them, sort of for a lark--her way of getting rid of left-over clay. I liked the little bird, and it was one of the few things I could bring home on my bike. It is still on my desk, long after the kids have more or less flown.

Here it is, in real life. I have prettified it a bit for this ATC trade, as in its wild-eyed state it all-too-closely approximates some of my feelings on some days, about parenting. :-)