Cindy Woods 1956 - 2008
Learning Daily, Drawing Daily
© Joan Lansberry, 2008
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(from journal entry November 26, 2008 I first 'met' Cindy Woods through the Self Portrait Marathon 'Wally Torta' hosted back in 2006. She became aware of me, too, through that project, and she took the time to send me a nice e-mail regarding my portraits. (I saved the exchange we had.) She told me, "There is a wonderful ease to your line, it makes it look like you enjoy drawing so much!" and added that she enjoyed the "wonderful colors and expressions". After such lovely praise, I had to see who was giving me it, so. I went to her website. I looked at her artwork and enjoyed the "nice fluidity of line in them." Since then, I've kept up, checking her site every now and then. I'd read where she had some trouble with cancer, but I'd hoped that was all past. This morning, I read on 'Urban Sketchers' a post dedicated 'in memory of Cin Woods', and went to see. I'd last checked her site before things got really bad. Her wise and open character comes through in those drawings. Tears fill my eyes and spill over onto my cheeks. Death is sad, but she was brave until the very end, DRAWING until the very end. Her close friends might gather her drawings together and make a book whose sale would benefit the Oral Cancer Foundation, which would be a lovely thing to do.
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