Dragon Weather Vane 1935 - 1942

This Dragon Weather Vane drawing by Dorothy Hay Jensen is made of graphite, watercolor, and colored pencil on paper. The whole composition, with its muted palette, feels like a breath of fresh air, doesn't it? There's a real sense of freedom and unpretentiousness. I imagine Dorothy outside in the landscape, feeling the weather moving all around, looking up at the original object, 75" long. What would it have been like to hold the pencil and follow the contours of this weather vane? With each stroke, she would have been thinking about what it would look like turning in the wind, feeling the weather change. It’s really amazing how Dorothy has captured the sensation of movement with just a few strokes of her pencil.