I have a friend named Sam. She's a friend of a friend really, but to me that means a friend.
Sam is an incredible artist. Incredible. The first time I met Sam (who I had heard about for awhile from Andrea and Scott and had seen her work hung around their house) I got to view the 'daily drawings' she did for 100 days. At the time, Sam was working as the (warning- really technical job title coming up) person who makes Anthropologie displays around the store look really amazing. She says this about her daily drawings:
on 6.20.07 i started doing daily drawings on 3.5" x 5" fabriano paper cards. i have a pack of 100 cards and intend to make a daily doodle until i finish the pack. it's both a sort of journal/diary for me as well as a way to keep me in the practice of daily illustrating.I will always remember sitting on Andrea & Scott's living room floor with David, going through her 100 drawings. It was an amazing experience with a lot of varying emotions. Here are some of my favorites:
my favorite!
It was when I saw the drawing of the rain cloud that I knew Sam experienced a feeling I had felt and was feeling (am still feeing?) And while I looked at the drawing of the girl falling, David told me her dad died in the middle of this 100 drawings project. And today as I was looking through the pictures I wanted to use for this post, I realized he died the day after she drew that picture of herself with him.
That was two years ago today. Here is the illustration she did for him today on her blog:
I've been wanting to share my 'friend of a friend' friend's art with you for awhile because it's beautiful and worth sharing. But more than anything, Sam's illustrations will always be special to me because she expressed and expresses through art what I cannot.
Thinking of you, Sam- the beautiful person you are, your beautiful art and your dad, today.
XO
And her Blog
9 loving comments of adoration:
Bekah - you are an amazingly warm and genuine person and i count you as a friend... because i feel connected to you.
someday we will hang out more, i am sure of this. and it will be awesome.
thanks so much for this.
hug, sam
awww i love these. a lot. i love the style and the "font" of her handwriting. beautiful.
they should really be framed and sold or cards or something cause everyone should see them.
such beautiful and heartbreaking sentiment
Thank you so much for sharing these. I can't put words to it but for some reason they really impacted me. They are truly beautiful.
I love that you both are a part of my lives.
i love these drawings- they remind me of a children's book, which is always comforting.
Incredible. I would like to buy some, please. Hook me up...
Wow, this was realling moving, I almost started crying just reading it. Thanks for sharing your friend and her artwork.
x, ash
Amazing. Seriously..I am in awe with her work. I know you had shown me her work before, but your words in this post made appreciate it even more.
I love the one where the girl is hugging the tree. Beautiful!
I lost someone very close to me, awhile back. Seriously, some of the most beautiful and REAL art that I have seen in a long time. So beautiful. My heart aches at her loss.
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