This is an image that I have worked over and over. You can tell by some of the damage in the corners from pinning and unpinning. It is rare that something is ever completed all at once. This one is an extreme, probably one of the oldest and newest. It was started about 15 years …
I make a mark that calls to be completed by another mark. The accumulation delineates leaf and branch, water flow, rocks and rock fall, in seemingly random ways. Like nature it may happen without thought but it is by no means random, just not fully understood. Action creates a response in art and in nature.
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 …
Working in a sketchbook has never been a habit with me. I have tried at various times to keep some sort of visual or written journal but they usually fall away. It's not that I don't draw. I have been doing more of it whenever I can't think of anything else and I just want …
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 …
This is one example of a work that I pulled out of the drawer after thinking it was finished. I try to be very careful and give the work some time before jumping in. This was originally done about the same time as the six large paper pieces, Look Up, Look Down. Like a lot …
The only time I ever went hunting was with my brother when he came to the ranch to shoot doves. I was on crutches, which made the whole thing comical if not dangerous. Imagine going after birds you shot when you have to hop to do it. My brother ended up cleaning the birds since …
