Fish out of water

Well, this one has memories for me....I used to set up still life objects down in the basement of this old Victorian I was living in at the time here in San Francisco. My 'ex' who owned the place had wonderful boxes full of antiques and kitsch so I could rummage through everything and pull out stuff to draw. LOVED to work in pastels on paper at the time. Had an easel set up and always worked 18"x24". This one took about 3 hours to render. Ted, my "ex's' son used to love to play with this rubber fishy in the bathtub.

I eventually gave this drawing to my friend Ann who hung it in her living room. Her apartment was in the Marina. During the last big earthquake we had here in the city Ann's apartment went up in flames. The picture was lost. I have a really bad photo of it and spent some time retouching it today. Didn't turn out too bad considering the pic. looked like it went through a fire as well....