The Thatch Lady

The Thatch Lady

Some pieces are comfortable.

Others make you step outside your comfort zone.

This was definitely the latter.

I don’t normally draw portraits, but this lovely lady — a beautiful reminder of our thatch heritage — had been sitting in my phone gallery for quite a while, waiting for me to be brave enough to try.

So I did.

I took my time, stepped away when my inner critic started getting a little too loud, and came back to it with fresh eyes.

And somewhere between the pencil marks and all the second-guessing, I realised I was really enjoying myself.

There is something special about seeing a piece of Cayman’s history reflected through the people who helped carry those traditions forward.

This one is a little outside my usual comfort zone.

And I’m rather glad I wandered there.