The drawing is beautiful and somehow very poignant--it draws me in and makes me wonder where the path leads. I think it would be perfect for the John Ruskin Prize too! What were those judges thinking anyway!?!
This post strikes a chord in me too... You are a true artist, to my way of thinking, because you have these drawings in your mind that are just begging to come out onto the paper. But they need to process and ripen before they can come into being. I love the drawing! And I do understand your disappointment that it wasn't selected, even among all those entries. A different judge, or the same judge on a different day, or having your work viewed toward the front of the pile or toward the back of the pile... so many variables affect the decision of which pieces get selected. But your piece will speak to so many who see it in a very special way, I'm sure of that!