the only child

gouache miniature 2.5 x 2.5. 

One little plot of land holds the archeology of all his (animal) relationships...

I don't know how other only children out there socialized in their childhoods, but with an absence of siblings and an isolationist streak, those pet relationships I had as a child meant everything to me.  I'm just so lucky that my parents let me have the menagerie that I did growing up.

Comments

[lisa]

not only, only children, but fully grown women with families can relate to living with animal friends, the loss that comes with that and a certain loneliness that can be comforted by art and imagination.
a beautiful piece allison, thank you for sharing.

[Allison Sommers]

I know what you mean, Lisa, I do. Thank you.