Wax Bloom

I subscribe to several art related groups on Flickr, such as Colored Pencil Drawings and Your Art – Not Photography.

One of my favorites is Pencil Portraits thanks to its small member base (only around 400 as opposed to the Your Art’s nearly 10k), which keeps the signal to noise ratio down and because of its subject matter, naturally.

So, imagine my suprise when, a week or so ago, this drawing appeared in my feed reader:

S.G. Chipman by Ener Popener

I paused, cocked my head to the side, stared at it a moment and said “huh…that handsome devil certainly looks familiar.”

It was then that my one and a half year old walked over (whenever she sees the laptop open she wanders over and demands to watch Mahna Mahna), pointed at the drawing and said “Daddy!”.

Ener Popener, the artist, wasn’t pleased with the likeness when he first posted it, so I left a comment letting him know that Clara thought it was just fine. If a toddler can spot the likeness, you’re at the very least pretty close.

My thanks to Ener for taking the time to draw me – I was quite a suprise, not to mention flattering, that he thought enough of my work to do the portrait in the first place as a means of inviting me into his artist portrait group.

Now to find a good picture of Mr. Popener so I can return the favor.