Variations

I'll rewrite this post later when I have time to be more thoughtful, but I want to get this morning's sketch up while the experience is fresh. Neill Roan is a guest at my house, and we've had a terrific time getting better acquainted and sharing experiences and views on art, design, marketing, philosophical and political issues, families, wives, and of course, pipes and tobacco. The pipe in the foreground of this sketch, done at the kitchen table this morning while the house was still cloaked in shadows, is a gift from Neill to me, and is the work of one of my favorite artisan, Trever Talbert. In good company are two other variations on the Rhodesian shape by two other favorite pipe carvers, Adam Davidson and Rad Davis. Maybe this will be a calendar girl.

rhodesian trio, 8 1/4 x 11 9/16, watercolor and 9B graphite pencils