I don’t normally engage in magical thinking, but I do believe in the power of art. I needed a talisman, for personal reasons, so I edited my two recent large landscape drawings to add doors to the buildings. I felt that I need an entrance to that stark world. The titles have also changed, Iceland/Ísland to Talisman. There’s a third drawing for this series in the works.
![Original artwork by Barbara Downs, Talisman (I), Charcoal, Chalk, Wax, Pencil on Paper](https://barbaradowns.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Talisman1.jpg)
Talisman (I), Charcoal, Chalk, Wax, Pencil on Paper, 45″x49″, Photo by R.R. Jones
The drawing below has already appeared on this blog, sans door.
![Original artwork by Barbara Downs, Talisman (II), Charcoal, Chalk, Pencil on Paper](https://barbaradowns.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Talisman2.jpg)
Talisman (II), Charcoal, Chalk, Pencil on Paper, 46″x66″, Photo by R.R. Jones
More weighty than stark, in potentia. It is good to open a door. Looking forward to more work in this series. Striking pieces Barbara.
Thank you Cynthia!