Three Pairs

  New work this week includes three pairs of drawings for some odd reason.
  The two drawings on blue are a commission, reworking an old idea but now on blue watercolor stained paper. Making the connection between these isometric-like drawings and blue-prints quite clear.
  The other two pairs are really a case of one drawing being not quite enough practice to work out the beginning of an idea properly. Two drawings help to clarify what one is after conceptually and makes evident some of the technical issues one will run into.
   The grid on the speckled paper had me in mind of star charts or NASA moon photographs, the notion of mapping something disorderly. Order out of chaos.
  The graphic black and white drawings at the bottom come from my experimenting with a new black paint called 'Black 2.0'. It is marketed as the second darkest black - Anish Kapoor has a monopoly on the blackest black, but this one is very dark and shows almost no brush marks.

Smalls

I had an out of town client request photographs of 'smaller' drawings this morning. As long as I am making them I may as well share the photos here on my blog. It was a quick photo session and I apologize for less than idea images, but I do make smaller drawings.

Framed 'Lake' Watercolors

I have watercolors at the Montrose yacht club this summer but I'm not sure we will be holding a reception there anytime soon. In the meantime I have hung the nine

framed 'Lake' watercolors I have on hand here in the gallery on the wall. They look great together.

Michael McGuire - Nine 'Lake' Watercolors in Frames - 20 x 8 x 1.5 inches each

Detail

New Blue Drawings

I recently dyed seven sheets of Arches Watercolor paper in anticipation of a commission that did not come to fruition. This week I am using some of the paper to work through a few ideas I have regarding 'Isometric' drawing. I'm looking at the optical nature of these types of drawing, how they seem to fool the eye as elements line up in quirky ways. Very much derived from 'drafting' class, whatever that may mean in this digital world, and the blue obviously evokes blue prints.  I also very much like the diagonal patterning that is happening in the last drawing. That may have to become a line of inquiry.

Michael McGuire - Blue Mute 1 - Watercolor, Acrylic Paint on Arches Paper - 40 x 26 inches

Michael McGuire - Blue Mute 2 - Watercolor, Acrylic Paint on Arches Paper - 40 x 26 inches

Michael McGuire - Blue Mute 3 - Watercolor, Acrylic Paint on Arches Paper - 40 x 26 inches