Pitch Pail c. 1940

Charles Garjian made this drawing of a pitch pail with what looks like brown and black watercolor paint. It’s kind of amazing how he's captured the texture of the wood with just a few washes of color. I imagine him really looking, maybe even touching the pail, feeling its weight and the roughness of its surface. You can see the different rings of the wood and the way they've been worn down over time, this gives the pail a certain character, like an old friend. I wonder what Garjian was thinking when he made this? Maybe he was interested in the history of the object. I feel like artists are always in conversation with each other, across time, inspiring each other’s creativity. It’s like we're all part of one big, ongoing art project.