still Grampa's chair

         

           This chair has sat in front of the TV at 2716 ever since the folks moved in and shows the issues needing repair. It has not been replaced even though Grampa has been gone 10 years. This is where he would sit when watching the "tube" as we used to call it. This is also where he would receive guests like the time Phillip came in sat down across from Dad and talked for some time, and then got up and left without needing to go any further into the room. It was a big encouragement to Dad. 
        I had never before thought about this chair as a subject, but realized afterward how appropriate it is to have an "official" sketch of it.
        About the drawing:  I did this drawing recently while someone was talking to me and so I was distracted. Maybe the distraction helped.  The contrasts between different aspects of the drawing are what make this one so distinct; the right and left sides of the chair; one in light the other in shadow.  The darkness of the ink juxtaposed against what seems like extra white paper to the left and top.  This drawing was fun, and I may be wrong, but it seems to have almost a primitive or childlike quality which is refreshing. Though it may be a fairly traditional ink drawing in execution, the just off center view as well as the position in the "field of view" give it some extra interest.