This is the first of three drawings based on a poem called “Ithaka’ (or Ithaca) by C.P.Cavafy, a Greek poet of the early 20th century. Ithaka is based on the homeward journey of Odysseus in Homer’s “Odyssey” but it really is about the journey of life for each of us. In the midst of a turbulent world I just love how positive this poem is and how we need to lift our eyes from all the gloomy news. This first part to this blog post is the start of the journey and encourages us no

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While digital paintings are fun to work on, I do miss the the feel of working with pencils on the textures of different paper. I can also...