Glass c. 1936

Lillian Causey made this drawing of a glass, and I can just imagine her sitting with a glass in front of her, trying to capture that transparency. The delicate rendering in graphite creates a play of light and shadow that emphasizes the glass's contours. Causey really has captured a stillness and a sense of contemplation. I wonder what she was thinking as she made it? Was it a treasured object or something she was thinking of getting rid of? Drawing, like painting, is a kind of exchange across time, and it feels intimate, like the artist is sharing a secret. I always think of Giorgio Morandi when I see artworks like this - he also drew a glass similarly. These artists really do inspire each other's creativity. It shows me that we are all really trying to understand each other.