Gift for  svarta-perlan whom recently had a tumor removed and I am very thankful she is okay.

We've been friends for a very long time and we have always been really close. Even when there were crazy times, fights, and misunderstandings- we still cared for one another deeply. When I called her my wifey, I never meant that in a sexual sense (though our characters were romantically connected). It was because she was everything to me that I looked for in someone that no matter what struggles we faced, how long between our talks, and struggles we had mentally we would always know deep down that we cared and that we would be friends. That even when fighting if we truly needed that person, we would be there for one another. When she told me she had a brain tumor, I didn't know how to react anymore. I tried to joke around and reassure her that everything was going to be okay, but really I was terrified. Everyday I would think of something to try to comfort her and would start drawing something, but nothing I did felt right and I would start to cry. And then she would always joke and laugh, trying to make ME feel better about her upcoming operation. She continues to remind me year after year just how brave she is.

Thankfully, she is fine now. Her surgery is over and she is in recovery, she has the scar to prove her resilience and bravery. svarta-perlan loves her country and culture, so when I started this that is what I wanted to draw. Her bravery and her love for her country (and prob why she will turn into a valkyrie and never leave the place cause it's hers.). I looked up brave in icelandic and the result came up with hugrakkur, so I hope it means that and not like- penis or something. >_>

I tried to paint a scene in the background that was uplifting and then used native icelandic plants in the forground. The plant I chose was the Sóldögg/ drosera rotundifolia, which is a very very rare carnivorous plant that comes from there. Added with, a slight shadow cast of the Aegishjalmur/Helm of Awe.

Anyway, I hope you like it and that you are doing well. You will be up gallivanting around the countryside in no time, I just know it!


artwork © me/  seasaidh