Tuesday, November 29, 2011

A Tribute to Bootsie

Yesterday was a sad day. We lost Bootsie. She had been with me for over thirteen years. A rescue cat she was already six months old when we got her from the Humane Society. They had rescued her from a dumpster. From the very beginning she was a great studio companion and only once did she jump up in the paint. She seemed to know what was out-of-bounds from the very beginning.

Every week she came into the studio when my model arrived for a session and usually ended up on the model stand asleep. She liked Laura. She is the invisible presence in all the drawings and paintings I did in those sessions. I will miss her.

1 comment:

Linda McMullan said...

Oh, Helen. So sorry to hear that. Loosing a pet is so hard, so damn physical! Hopefully you'll feel better soon, but in the meantime, my thoughts are with you.