Duty called.

My beloved elderly mother's condition has become precarious. We don't know if this is a short-term situation, or if the recent set of events will prove to be the beginning of permanent disability on her part. I had to leave my reportage illustration workshop yesterday, after just two days, to fly back and help my brother take care of her.
I'd looked forward with greatest anticipation to this workshop since last winter, but when duty phones, you take the call.
I'm leaving early tomorrow to drive to her hometown and the nursing home she's just been installed in. I'll be back and forth for a while, until (and if) her condition stabilizes.
So, here's a sketch from my first morning, pre-workshop, in Orlando.

This weekend I'll post some of what I did at the workshop. It was as stimulating and intense as I'd hoped it would be. There's another workshop offered this January, half in Brooklyn, half in Connecticut, which I plan now to attend. I will not let this goal go unmet!

Comments

[dinahmow]

So sorry to hear this. I hope all will be sorted soon without too much pain.

[Jeanette]

I hope all works out for your mother and its not too stressful on you either. Great that there will be another workshop in January and likely a great time to have one too!

Sending good wishes for you and your family.

[vickylw]

Prayers and best wishes for your mother's health. Take care of yourself!

[Miguel Herranz]

I love the strength and the brightness (and the composition and the linework... I love all in this sketch).
Best wishes for you and your mother.

[Dana]

I am so sorry to hear about your mother, Laura. I know how it can be, to have a workshop interrupted...as mine was as well, but there are always more workshops.
I loved your article in Artful Blogging.
Hang in there. Sending well wishes.

[annie]

So sorry to hear about your mother, Laura. These are sad and frustrating years when our parents start having difficulties. I hope things do stabilize for her.

Those trees are gorgeous. I've been trying to do palms, myself, but having never seen a real one, it's going slowly. :)

Hope and prayers,
annie