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 …
Nature and Abstraction
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.
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 …
Keeping a Sketchbook
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 …
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 …
Small Pool, 09/2016
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 …
