the docks: cat as atmosphere

copyright by and with kindest permission of sam wolfe connelly/WolfesClothing, 2012

This post segues perfectly from the last - at about a century's remove.  This powerful work is by Sam Wolfe Connelly.  Called "The Docks," it's a perfect modern Symbolist piece:  what do you think you see here?  How does it make you feel?  For myself, I see my curious, wary and brave Veronica on another of her night time cat adventures.  Who knows where she goes, or what she does, and we've tried to talk her into staying safe inside, but she wants to go out into the dark.  Then a little later, she wants back in, and she always seems triumphant and pleased with herself.  Why?
"I hope that everyone can take what they can from it," Connelly said when I asked him about this piece, which I love, "and see what stories they can interpret from the drawing!"  Symbolism in action.  Sam Wolfe Connelly is an artist to watch.