OOC: David West. 46 years old. 5'9". 170 pounds. Grey hair. Grey eyes.
IC:
It had been three years since I picked up a paintbrush. I didn't think I would ever paint again.
My reputation in the art world had never been higher. Still, there was the inevitable question.
When will we see something new?
They all knew why I stopped painting, of course. I lost my wife in a car accident. She wasn't only my life partner. She was my muse.
She was barely eighteen when I met her. She came to one of my early shows. The reviews were luke-warm. My technique was admirable, they all agreed, but my work lacked a certain passion.
That's when Maeve walked in. Our eyes met. We went home together that very night. I took her to my studio, and without speaking a word she let her clothes drop to the floor. I painted her, and when I was finished we made fiery love.
Our daughter was conceived that very night. And for the next fifteen years we followed the same wonderous pattern.
Then I lost her. I tried to carry on as best I could, but the truth was I was an empty shell of a man.
My daughter watched me crumble. She wanted to help, but she didn't know how.
She just turned eighteen. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
Her request stunned me.
"I want you to paint me, Daddy," she said. "Just like you used to paint Mom...."
IC:
It had been three years since I picked up a paintbrush. I didn't think I would ever paint again.
My reputation in the art world had never been higher. Still, there was the inevitable question.
When will we see something new?
They all knew why I stopped painting, of course. I lost my wife in a car accident. She wasn't only my life partner. She was my muse.
She was barely eighteen when I met her. She came to one of my early shows. The reviews were luke-warm. My technique was admirable, they all agreed, but my work lacked a certain passion.
That's when Maeve walked in. Our eyes met. We went home together that very night. I took her to my studio, and without speaking a word she let her clothes drop to the floor. I painted her, and when I was finished we made fiery love.
Our daughter was conceived that very night. And for the next fifteen years we followed the same wonderous pattern.
Then I lost her. I tried to carry on as best I could, but the truth was I was an empty shell of a man.
My daughter watched me crumble. She wanted to help, but she didn't know how.
She just turned eighteen. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
Her request stunned me.
"I want you to paint me, Daddy," she said. "Just like you used to paint Mom...."