Have you ever watched Mrs. Doubtfire? Within the movie is a famous line of Helllloooo.. I work with the gal that has perfected that line, a ray of sunshine in an ever dreary windy city with long winters.

Smart, intelligent and traveled from Chicago to Boston to Philly to Toyko.  But she surely can’t sing, but don’t let on, it is pretty entertaining. 

I did Saucy Sammy for Di - thanks for being in my life! You are a ray of Cabo San Lucas Sunshine!

When you think of Sammy Hagar, we immediately think of Van Halen, but above and beyond the rock god persona, we have an intelligent business man.  Launching Cabo Wabo tequilla and a restaurant downtown Cabo.  Taking an idea and bringing forth an entrepreneur was apparently not first on his mind. Here is a man who just wanted to have fun.

Somewhere pleasurable he could drink tequilla and play his ever loved music We truly can achieve our dreams and let our imagination run wild, if we are willing to take that first step.  Hagar had the money to back him, being a work of rock art all unto himslef, but there is a lesson to be learned by all. 

~ Delve into your dreams and desires, and come out with your destiny! sdk 2008

This sketch was done on an 9 x 12 Impression Sketch Pad, strictly done in charcoal with detailed smudging with a tortillion, I achieved Sammy’s raw behavior and attidute behind the guitarist.

Many years after Stevie’s death, Rolling Stone ranked him #7 out of 100, in their list of Greatest Guitarist of all time.

What makes a great musician? As in anything we do, I belive it is the passion behind what we are doing that drives us to greatness.  Life certainly can have it’s share of trials and tribulations, for some way more than others.  I wrote of Wellness Wednesday a few posts back, when you have the blues, winter blues or otherwise, remember your passions in life, and sink into one of them.  Even if it is only for a glimmer of a minute. 

I found this picture of Stevie many years ago and it has always been a favorite of mine.  Yes, I have always been attracted to “attitude”, this is a picture of Stevie that carries that attitude and the swagger of an outstanding musician.  The intesity that Stevie played with is incredible.   I have said it before, and I will say it again, if you have not watched Hug You, Squeeze You, go look it up on YouTube, at one point in the video the camera shoots him at an upward angle, and he glimpse’s directly into the camera, you can literally see the passion of the song in his eyes. 

I was working on this piece that was done with a woodless graphite, 97 4B with an extreme amount of shading.  I got to his muscular chest, and sat thinking, what the heck is wrong with this? I realized, I had his peacock tattoo drawing backwards, as well as his famed belt buckle, “The End of the Trail”, which still is backwards on the sketch above.

Take today to chase away your blues!

~ Soul to Soul - Susie