Travelin'

The Central Library show has moved up to Richmond. Catch it at Tarrant's on W. Broad if your travels take you there.

Recycle, repurpose

So, the plan is to recycle a few so-so drawings into three dimensional sculptures. This is the first one.

The next step is to make some drawings from the drawings, usually a fun exercise for me. Right now, though, I'm struggling: 'drawing things' is much more perilous than just 'drawing.' Feels tight and wrong. How can it be right OR wrong?

I think I want to make fluid and ethereal pictures, but I keep ending up with harsh, graphic work. Shall I just give in? I won't upload the graphic work just now. I'll take another day or so to study the cut paper.

Air Quality

Hal and I spent a good part of the day framing work for a show going up Monday. Our friend Jack Callan made beautiful frames and we worked out the rest.

This is "Air Quality 2," 27.5 x 53.5 inches. Oh gosh, I later added some graphite drawing that you won't see here (only at the VB central library).

My back is just about killin' me.

Happy New Year

This is "Air Quality 1," sort of a leap back into the past for me. I've been working lately with my friend and former teacher, Lorraine Fink. Years ago she taught me this process of monotype and I have been revisiting it, layering and drawing, then working with graphite and eraser over it. It feels good to bring a bit of color back into the work. Today I watched a video piece about Joan Miro and was awed by the color in his early work. Color to affect the heart.

This and several others will go into a show at the Central Library in Virginia Beach on Monday, and then on up to Richmond.

Koyanaskatsi

OK, a small batch of new drawings, the late beginning of spring.

Aftermath

OK, the show went really well. Hal took these cool pictures and I'll post more soon. I've been sleeping a lot since then (crash and burn) and will be taking a mystery vacation with Sweet Hal on the weekend.
Ain't life grand?

Lots to do

I decided to 'fix' my graphite drawings for the show. It really goes against my grain as fixitive impacts the environment in a big negative way (aerosol issues, central nervous system damage, and - as the label whispers - carcinogens up the yin-yang). I think it's actually spray on plastic. Yuck. I did some research, but found nothing safer being used as an alternative. I was hoping for something like a baking-soda-and-rosewater-solution applied with a pump sprayer... alas.
Fortunately, it was a nice day for working outside.