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This is an illustration based on Russell Edson's poem, "Erasing Amyloo".

"A father with a huge eraser erases his daughter. When he finishes there's only a red smudge on the wall.
His wife says, where is Amyloo?
She's a mistake, I erased her.
What about all her lovely things? asks his wife.
I'll erase them too.
All her pretty clothes? . . .
I'll erase her closet, her dresser--shut up about Amyloo! Bring your head over here and I'll erase Amyloo out of it.
The husband rubs his eraser on his wife's forehead, and as she begins to forget she says, hummm, I wonder whatever happened to Amyloo? . . .
Never heard of her, says her husband.
And you, she says, who are you? You're not Amyloo, are you? I don't remember your being Amyloo. Are you my Amyloo, whom I don't remember anymore? . . .
Of course not, Amyloo was a girl. Do I look like a girl?
. . . I don't know, I don't know what anything looks like anymore. . ."

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I'm currently browsing through your gallery, which is absolutely beautiful. So far I particularly love this piece, the composition, colours and shapes ( beside your incredible drawing and painting skills of course ) and the poem is beautiful too.
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~puzzledpixel Mar 26, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
beautiful. evocative.
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*Asfodelo Mar 19, 2013  Student General Artist
Beautiful, ant it really fits the poem. It's so sad, though!
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*BabylonSabby Mar 13, 2013  Student General Artist
I hope I never lose a child. It would feel just like this.
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~AmberDust Mar 6, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
Wow, powerful poem and equally powerful painting. Simple but effective, great work. :)
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Mood: Love ~kit-kit-kit Jan 12, 2013   Digital Artist
You're truly an awesome genius^^
Fantastic...
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=BiBiARTs Dec 27, 2012   Digital Artist
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=BiBiARTs Dec 26, 2012   Digital Artist
excellent :love:
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*CuteYuna92 Nov 9, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
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Awesome!
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You've been featured! [link]
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