I Have Been Hard At Work

Trying to work through the January blahs, it is a struggle some times. but I continue to cut apart old India Ink drawings and reassembling them. This is the newest one.

Black and White Magic Hedge Photos

These are two black and white panoramic photos made at the magic hedge this fall. The Magic Hedge is a bird sanctuary in Chicago near Montrose Harbor. I used a negative of the top image as my Holiday card this year.

New Drawings January 2010

I continue to work in a similar manner to the last drawing; that is cutting apart india ink drawings and reconstructing them. Initially they were looking very landscape like. I'm hoping to move toward a more abstract image, something that evokes mark making on a couple of different scales.

New Drawing

This drawing was just finished yesterday. I cut apart some old india ink drawings and reassembled them. Interesting way of working; it still involves a brush mark, but the assembly process allows for some new and unexpected things to happen.

New Photograph

I'm not sure exactly what I'm thinking here but as I was working on some new panoramas at the Magic Hedge this fall I came up with this. I was initially thinking of showing them in black and white, which is a big shift for me. I couldn't quite justify that in my mind. I often look at my photos in different modes in Photoshop and as I was looking at this one as a negative I liked how it appeared to be a winter landscape. I use a portion of this panorama as my Holiday card this year.

Tribute to Haley

My favorite dog in the whole world passed away just before the Holidays. Haley was the most beloved pet of good friends of mine and I would sometimes dog sit for her. She sat for her portrait last fall as she waited for her family to return from a trip.

More Drawings December 2009