I tried drawing with a dip pen and ink again for the first time in years. Used to be my favourite medium. I seem to have developed a fascination with “wicked women holding helpless victim”.
The Collector:
I wonder about the story. Is the person on her shoulder a rescuer, or an accomplice? What is with the old fashioned ladies in the painting? Are the people in the bottles tiny, or is she a giantess? And how did she lose her eye?
Masha du Toit 
Jul 15, 2010 @ 10:22:38
Fantastic and there is a whole story in this picture. Can you send me a bigger version ?
Jul 15, 2010 @ 14:14:28
I love this. Especially the man on the middle shelf to the left.
Jul 19, 2010 @ 19:33:41
That’s pretty cool.
Oct 17, 2021 @ 10:40:06
Greatt reading your blog