Home Late, Thought I'd Blog

Just home from a Holiday weekend party, have a bit of a buzz on. Before turning in, I found a memory stick that contained photos of old work and images of ideas that I had not executed. I have not really looked at most of these things in years.

Thought I'd share them with you as I enjoyed them tonight, jumping from image to image, no real narrative or conceptual thread, except they were all concocted by the same person. And of course, Happy Memorial Day, thinking of all that serve and have served out country.

Digital File - 'The Fatigue  of Memory #4'

Digital File - 'The Fatigue or Memory #6'

Digital File - 'We Welcome Our Alien Overlords #2'

Digital File - 'Night Train, March 22, 2013'

Drawing - India Ink on Paper - 'Branches 17'

Digital Photograph - 'Magic Hedge Black and White 6'

Digital Photograph - 'Underpass Near Belmont Avenue, Chicago' 

Drawings - India Ink on Stonehenge Paper - 'Symmetrical Hosta Studies'

Crosshatch Drawing - 2009

Watercolor Drawing - Untitled

Digital File  

Crosshatch Drawing

Drawing - India Ink, Molowtow Acrylic Paint Pen, Arches Watercolor Paper

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Some Old Work That Relates To New Work

I had a request for an old drawing that I knew was stored away safely somewhere. As I was digging through my 'archives', really just cardboard boxes of old drawings, I came across these four vintage drawings that very much related to the drawings I'm currently working on. The materials are different, India ink versus acrylic paint pen, but the geometry is the same. Both series are an exploration of perspective drawing, and a specific type of perspective drawing called isometric projection. Weird alignments occur in this type of drawing, and yet there is a sense of the 3D in them. Below are the four drawing from 2006, a detail from that series, and then a drawing finished this past week.

Michael McGuire - 4 Untitled Drawings - 2006 - India Ink on Bristol Paper - 32 x 40 inches each

Detail

3DX#6 - India Ink, Acrylic Paint Pen, Arches Watercolor Paper - 26 x 40 inches

Thoughts on a June Show at Las Manos

Tradition has it that Michelle and I do a show together every June in Las Manos Gallery. We plan it in conjunction with the neighborhood street fair, Andersonville's Midsommarfest. Over time the show and our work has evolved, but we always get interesting results. I'm feeling the pressure of the impending show now, a framing deadline is looming, but I'm thinking the series I have been working the past couple weeks might work. If I can keep the momentum going on all fronts; managing my work load, enthusiasm for the idea, and a continued evolution of the concept, it could be a strong series of drawings. Here is a peek at two drawings that I finished this week.

Recent Commissions

Burgundy Bundle - Watercolor, Acrylic Paint, Arches Watercolor Paper - 26x40 inches

Atwerp Blue Tower - Watercolor, Acrylic Paint, Arches Watercolor Paper - 26x40 inches