"The Key" by Our Boo

You've probably heard me refer to our youngest as "Boo" before. Boo is the nickname we attached to her at a very early age. My mom had the same nickname when she was young. She hated it. Thankfully, our Boo feels comfortable with it... for the most part that is. She really would prefer I not call her that in front of her friends. But sometimes I forget. She always forgives me later.

I tell you this weird factoid because as I display her art in my blog it will be linked to the "BooCreation" category. And if you were wondering what's a BooCreation, well now you'll know. It's art that our Boo has allowed me to show off on her behalf. :-)

Boo has asperations of using her art in a career at some point in her life. She has mentioned a couple of art colleges she's interested in. She's also dreamed out loud with me about several possible avenues to journey through with her creative self.

Currently her art interests lean toward pencil sketches. As has been the case for many years, she tends to create fantasy characters in most of her art pieces. They usually include dragons and people in suited armor, questionable creatures, or fairies. Winged beings sometimes show up in her art as well. The concept of or representations about life & death can be found in many of her creations also.

It seems that with every art piece she creates, Boo has a story to tell and a great deal of thought goes into this story of hers as she builds upon her art piece. Here's a piece of her art and a few insights into the heart and thoughts of this young creative soul.



Piece Title: The Key
Technique/Medium: Watercolor pencils and color pencils

Mom: Tell me about your thoughts when working on this piece?
Boo: The dragon I've drawn here is a protector of the keyhole – the one that leads to other lands. On the left I used watercolors, on the right I used colored pencils. These two sides are mirror images of the same world. The dragon protects the boundary between the two.

I apologize for the blurry and glared photos. Poor photography on my part.