Healing Through Art

Yesterday I finished this watercolor painting in memory of my pet Uromastyx, Liz Lemon. Liz passed away on January 20, 2018. She was one cool reptile and an excellent roommate; I miss her dearly. My apartment is not the same without Big Liz in her desert habitat, lounging under a heat lamp and gazing through the window at other, less spectacular animals. Painting this portrait helped me get through the doldrums of the past week or so without her.

Liz-Lemon-Uromastyx-watercolor-Jan2018

“Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.”
– Leo Tolstoy