Make an illustration based on a family motto or family saying.
My Response:
The Suck-Egg Dog
I couldn't think of any good sayings to go with my childhood except "It's kind of like a bucket of sand" (Mom's attempt to explain by creative analogy why she wouldn't let my sister go somewhere; it didn't make sense then either), which seemed too difficult to interpret, so I went with a saying from my Mom's youth, namely, "suck-egg dog!" This evidently was a base insult back in the day, but its meaning and origins are forgotten, so I felt free to devise my own interpretation: a punk bulldog, sucking eggs malevolently. (Well, smooching them, more like. I should maybe fix that.)
Also, Because I Am Proud of It:
Sketch with Ball-point Pen
Miss Meg - the expression "egg-sucking dog" was one OUR parents used, actually. It's definitely country - it refers to a farm dog who becomes a liability because he gets into the hen house and eats the eggs, making him a no-good, low-down, pain in the you know where - and obviously that makes the expression a great metaphor for some people we know :-) Your work is absolutely wonderful, Miss. You are a talented little booger. I love you. Aunt Mer
ReplyDeleteThis is just bizarre. It also makes me happy. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteI love your sketches. And your painting's mighty fine too.
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I like how even though the phrase is country, in the picture the dog looks more like an egg connoisseur :) xoxo love you
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