Yesterday I took a drawing of G.K. Chesterton (by Ben Hatke) to Hobby Lobby to have it framed. I asked the young girl (not as young as I thought, she's a college graduate) for help in choosing how to have it framed. She was very helpful, selecting a nice frame and some matting. As she was writing up the paperwork for the job, she asked me who the character in the drawing was. I told her it was G.K. Chesterton. She said: "I thought so." She continued: "You're the guy who sponsored the Hilaire Belloc presentation several months ago." I acknowledged that I had sponsored "Old Thunder." She said she enjoyed it. She then mentioned that she had recently graduated from Columbus College of Art & Design. I asked her if she had a web site for her work and she said yes. When I got home I checked out the site. The picture above is from the site. Here are the words that accompany the illustration:
New personal project, inspired by a line from The Everlasting Man by GK Chesterton. "The dark alien woman staring from her high lattice and hearing like the babble of a brook over a stoney street, the singing of little St Hugh" He was referring to the Medieval child martyr little Hugh, and the alien woman would've been a witch. Did a few character studies from Brian Froud and Alan Lee's book Faeries, just to have something to go from.So, you just never know who your actions might affect.
I also gave her Ben Hatke's site, househatke.com, so she could check out his other work.
And here's the drawing I'm having framed.
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