Charcoal, Black and White pigments in water, 60" x 51"
Flow, Look Down #6
Black and White
For the last several years the bulk of my work has been predominantly black and white with some exceptions particularly lately. In many ways these are related to sketchbook work. The featured image is related to the theme of nature and natural force. The black and white speaks to the preference for drawing over a …
Nature is Messy
Nature is messy far from random. Rocks, leaves, branches seem to fall in a disordered mess, but if we were able to see all angles we could predict exactly where things will fall. Water is a potent force in the ordering of nature. Just look how everything lines up after a hard rain. Our actions …
Dead Bird
This was first done in 2014 around the same time as the larger birds, #4. I reworked it in 2016, cleaning it up to a certain extent and darkening the blacks. This is, like the large birds a work of imagination, although based on a relatively common site. We found this cuckoo on our front …
Sitting at the Edge
This is a work entirely of imagination. Like many works this came about in playing with media in this case graphite sticks that I had made and washes of homemade ink. While this is not a landscape per se, it does show the interest in flow. It also shows my love of the graphic work …
Look Up, Look Down #2
Much of what I started doing about this time (2013-14) started focusing more on imagined detail. I say imagined since I mostly don't work from photographs or directly from life. The drawings in this series involve the often overlooked, seemingly insignificant detail. These are things that in a well manicured environment would be eliminated. Since …
Look Up, Look Down #1
