Trying To Be A Champion (2026) Original Ink Drawing by Lola Jovan

Trying To Be A Champion
pen and ink on Yupo
8 x 12 inches (with a wide border for framing)
This item is unmounted and unframed

A boy told me
if he roller-skated fast enough
his loneliness couldn't catch up to him,

the best reason I ever heard
for trying to be a champion.

What I wonder tonight
pedaling hard down King William Street
is if it translates to bicycles.

A victory! To leave your loneliness
panting behind you on some street corner
while you float free into a cloud of sudden azaleas,
pink petals that have never felt loneliness,
no matter how slowly they fell. - NAOMI SHIHAB NYE

This piece is unframed. It will be carefully packaged in mostly repurposed shipping materials.

This item is an original work of art. Copyright owned by Lola Jovan.

Materials used:

pen and ink on Yupo

Details:

• Ink drawing on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 20.32 x 30.48 x 0.25cm (unframed) / 20.32 x 30.48cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the back
• Style: Illustrative
• Subject: Animals and birds