Illustrated Imogen

So, I'm really-and-truly almost out of Oddfellow's work to show you, which means the update is really-and-truly around the corner! I'm thinking next Friday - but I'll post for sure tomorrow when I figure it out precisely.

Here is a new illustrated girl to share with you today:

Illustrated Imogen    11"x14"2"     Acrylic on convex canvas

Imogen comes from a long line of Illustrated Men and Ladies, though sadly none of them survived the Winter of her seventh year, or the particularly insidious strain of influenza that came with it. Having only one remaining relation, a wild-eyed grandmother prone to bouts of rageful somnambulism, she spent her eighth year lonely and nervous in a little white house on a river. One night, as the grandmother slept much more horizontally than usual, Imogen tiptoed to her row-boat, and drifted speedily on the current into the inky night. When the sun woke her, she was on the back of a giant hare - and approaching Oddfellow's Orphanage.

 

Her chest-plate tattoo contains the real-life Oddfellow creed, which is so simple and wonderful: FLT, or Friendship, Love, and Truth. They have very excellent creeds, those Oddfellows - a recent Oddfellow pin acquisition of mine has "Be Honorable, Just, and True" engraved on the back.

Good creeds, indeed.

See you soon!