Figurine from Pompei and unseasonal gardenia March 26 2020

Diana Wood Conroy Figurine from Pompei and unseasonal gardenis March26 2020, watercolour on Arches paper, 15 x 21 cm

On a day of increasing panic, as all public spaces are diminished by closures of coffee bars, restaurants, pubs galleries, libraries and museums, a gardenia flowered unexpectedly. The figurine bought in Pompei remembers the casts of figures made from those who died in the volcanic ash. The cockatoo poses for me while I draw.