Charlotte Anne Harwell, 29 October 1979
graphite on paper, 9x12 inches

"My life is like a dream
I do not know
How it began, nor yet
How it will go"
Monk Gibbon

Seen at left, 25 years after the first drawing is the portrait of Charlotte Harwell I would have painted had I only the skill at the time. This painting was done literally 25 years to the day of the original. For some strange reason, among my art supplies was the Pedigree stenographer's pencil I had used for the 1979 drawing. I used it again to lay out the painting.

At the time I did the painting, I thought it would bethe last painting I would do of my dear Charlotte. But after two years, I still feel that there are many paintings of her left to do. Only time will tell.