Framed Original Pencil Drawing - "A Piece of Ordinary" - 16"x20"

Artwork Details

• Artwork size: 8" × 10.75"
• Paper size: 11" × 14" with deckled edges
• Overall framed size: 16" × 20"
• Medium: Original pencil drawing on acid-free paper
• Frame: Upcycled frame, custom fabric-wrapped with acid-free glue and fitted with new glass.
• Hanging: Includes a wire for easy hanging flush with the wall.

What’s Included

• Original framed artwork
• Certificate of authenticity
• Card about the collection it comes from
• Mini storybook featuring the story written for this image

The Collection "Feels Like Home"

This is the fifth drawing in a series of 6 showing my love for the experiences I've had in the Western US.

A Fine Day would look lovely displayed as a pair or trio with other pieces from the collection.

The Story Behind the Artwork

It is based off a real memory my family and I have.

The best times with loved ones are the ordinary ones where no one has anywhere else to be. It’s when you're sitting outside running around in the grass and sitting on the porch stairs. It’s talking about memories and laughing over times that actually felt quite miserable. It’s very simple, really, what makes a good day together, and it usually comes without planning it. It can come at any time, but it’s easy to brush off for so called “more important” things. You have to make a conscious effort to be present with each other, which has become more difficult over the years with social media, and work being available in your pocket. So while it’s very simple on what makes a good day together, it’s hard to actually let it happen, but probably the most important thing to practice. On a trip to Durango Colorado I took with my family, my favorite day we spent there was when we all sat on the lawn out front, running through the grass and the trees doing a whole lot of nothing, and it was good to simply be together.

The Storybook

The story I wrote for it is simple and a fun addition to the piece:

For 60 years or so, swaying in the wind, the old willow tree has stood. Through rain, sun, and snow, he watched the house be built, stone by stone.

The hands that built this home, and the man to whom they belonged, often sat in the shade of his leaves. Once alone, and then not. Their family grew, and soon, what used to be a man resting beneath his immovable branches became three running wild through the grass and around his trunk, including him in the fun.

It had never been a lonely place to be. He was kept in company by this family, as well as the squirrels, birds, and turkeys that came through.

Nothing too exciting ever happened, but that was what he found to be so good.

So, for 60 years thus far, he stood, swaying in the wind, happy to be a piece of the ordinary.

Packaging

Your artwork will be carefully packaged in a large box with corner protectors, honeycomb packaging, and bubble wrap to help protect it during shipping.