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“Che Sleeping” — Sketches from the Pink Grandma

April 19, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

  Hello Grandchildren, Grandpa and Grandma have to stay home because of Coronavirus. Have your parents talked to you about that? All of us have to be careful to avoid getting sick. You have to wash your hands with soap and water for twenty seconds, and you have to stay home for now, and while it's sad, you can't see your friends and even us for now.  And don't forget to eat … [Read more...] about “Che Sleeping” — Sketches from the Pink Grandma

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: cat, drawing, pencil drawing

Cecilia Brainard Sketch of Cebu’s “Tartanilla” Carriage

September 4, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

My cats usually hover near me when I'm writing or doing artwork.  Che was particularly interested in the following work.  It's an image of the tartanilla, a horse drawn carriage found only in Cebu.  This is part of my ongoing sketches of memories from my childhood.  Stay tuned!   #graycat #tabby #sketching # drawing #Cebu #tartanilla … [Read more...] about Cecilia Brainard Sketch of Cebu’s “Tartanilla” Carriage

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: cat, Cebu, che, tartanilla

Tyberius the Cat — RIP

May 4, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

  To continue the story of my son's and his family's visit over Easter (with their dog Ellie), when they returned home, they found one of their two cats ill, and unfortunately poor Tyberius had to be put to sleep. They were all distraught, especially the children. To make them feel better, I did a drawing of Tyberius. I had wanted to put him in Pet Heaven, a mythical place that I have … [Read more...] about Tyberius the Cat — RIP

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: black cat, cat, family, kitten, pet, rescue cat

Watercolor of Cat Sleeping

April 18, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

I've been playing with watercolor painting. Here is "Tesla Sleeping." Tags: #catart #watercolor #art #writerartist #ceciliabrainard … [Read more...] about Watercolor of Cat Sleeping

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, cat, graycat, painting, watercolor

Pen and Ink Drawing of Che

February 9, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Here is a pen and ink sketch of my gray tabby cat Che. Copyright 2019 by Cecilia Brainard tags: #graycat #tabby #rescuecat #graytabby #cat … [Read more...] about Pen and Ink Drawing of Che

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, cat, drawing, gray cat, pen and ink, rescue cat, sketch, tabby

Welcome!

I am a daugh­ter of the Philip­pines and an adopt­ed daugh­ter of Amer­i­ca. I have also trav­eled to many places so I am also a daugh­ter of the Earth. My expe­ri­ences have found their way into my sto­ries, which try to depict char­ac­ters caught in impor­tant moments in their lives, sit­u­a­tions that force them to act, make deci­sions, change. I try to see the world from my own point of view, not the dom­i­nant West­ern one, thus my inter­est in his­to­ry, cul­ture, and set­ting. But my char­ac­ters car­ry my sto­ries; they are the most impor­tant in my sto­ry-telling. I have to dive deep into them to under­stand their human­i­ty – their good­ness as well as their bad­ness, their beau­ty as well as their ugli­ness. Just like us. Just like each of us. I need to know where they came from, where they are now, so I under­stand where they are going. Just like us.

Please read my full biog­ra­phy here

 

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