Black Aggie

Hi there!
This is my entry to the "Urban Legends" contests, that are being held by *Lisajen-stock and *sammykaye1!

This is the legend I chose:

Black Aggie

There is a legend about Druid Ridge Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. It is locally well-known for it being the former home of a statue known as Black Aggie.

In the early part of the century, there was a woman named Aggie, who was a nurse working at a hospital. She was congenial and well-liked, but it seemed that patients under her care always seemed to die. Superstition grew, and she was put to death, which turned out to be a mistake when she was discovered innocent the very next day. A communal feeling of guilt spread, so a statue was put in Druid Ridge Cemetery in her honor. This became the second mistake, when strange occurrences started happening.

Legend has it that if you stand before it at the stroke of midnight, you will be struck blind by the statue's red glowing eyes. People were even found dead in front of it, including a pledge from a local fraternity.

Another rumor is that pregnant women who walked in the figure's shadow (where oddly, the grass never grew) would suffer miscarriages. People would gather at the graveyard at night, which became a frequent problem.

Eventually the statue was removed from Druid Ridge Cemetery, and was donated to a Baltimore museum. It was never displayed however, and resided in the basement. Occasionally, people still congregate at the cemetery in pursuit of truth in the legend, but it is no longer the location of fraternity stunts.....

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So, here's my portrait of Aggie and her mysterious statue.
Somehow I don't think that Aggie would be a dark figure, cause she was a nurse and people seemed to like her. Also, when someone of sweet features turns out to be evil... is somehow even more scary, don't you think?

Man, I'm a sissy for drawing dark art... I can't draw blood at all! It was fun digging up my colors pencils... it's been ages! And I *did* try to copy the marble effect on the statue and crosses... though you can't see very much on the smaller art.

Watercolors and Prismacolors on card paper.

Texture by *rinoatimber - [link]
Stock model by *Lisajen-stock -[link] and [link]
Art without the texture: [link]