Bring Me Back
Graphite and Colored Pencil on Paper
This piece was done for an assignment titled Family Myth. To elaborate, my family myth is not one specific story, but dozens all from memories of one place: Orlando, Florida. My mother bought a timeshare down there I guess a year or two before I was born, and we all went there at least one week a year, every year. Sometimes we'd go to Fort Lauderdale to see her best friend, but it was always Florida all the same. Disney World, Universal Studios, Old Town in Kissimee, all places that forever hold a fond place in my heart. Because of the frequency of our trips here, Florida began to take on this almost mythical standing for me emotionally. I am compelled to go there, always. In fact, I went there even just last year, and have plans to return in just over a month... Succumbing to the pull of nostalgia, yes, but I enjoy it.
I'm actually not sure of the dimensions at this moment. The second my professor saw it, it needed to go in the showcase at school. He also gave me a high five and said, "that's a neat little drawing there, kid". Quite the compliment from Dan Gilhooley. It's rather satisfying. A lot of time and revision went into this.
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