My niece, Emily, drawing away. She's always sure to brighten up a room.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 90 - 3.5.15
color pencil
A Drawing A Day, Day 89 - 3.2.15
Day 89
After researching a bit more on the Tarahumara people yesterday I felt a sense of relief and let go. I started this drawing without thought or fear. It is and onward I go.
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A Drawing A Day, Day 88 - 2.26.15
Day 88
I started off drawing the colorful growth and somehow was reminded of one of my favorite animals- the mole rat.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 85 - 12.29.14
Day 85
I call this "Cat Interrogated." :)
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 79- 12.3.14
Day 79
I started off by thinking of an MTA illustration by artist Marcos Chin. I've seen it on the train a bunch of times and I really enjoy it. You can check it out here. His use of lines to define all of the characters' contours is lovely and I wanted to play with that idea. But then I started listening to Radiolab and a story on the fight to conserve a bird called the Kirtland’s warbler and at some point I evidently thought of "The Red Balloon." There's also some 80's rock hairdo going on here. I went with it all.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 75 - 11.13.14
Day 75
Revisiting a wanderer.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 74 - 11.12.14
Day 74
in adrawingaday, abstract, color pencil, drawing, gouache, ink
Inspired by land formations and molten lava, an abstraction came to be.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 73 - 11.11.14
Day 73
in adrawingaday, color pencil, drawing, ink, pencil, bones
From thinking of the new Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn, I remembered visiting the Bone Church in Kutná Hora when I was in college. I was happy to find some pictures I took from that visit. It's amazing to see the ornate nature we create with ideas of death.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 72 - 11.10.14
Day 72
in adrawingaday, color pencil, drawing, figurative, ink, pencil, spine, dream
This is a frame from a dream I had. Although strange imagery, when decoding dreams it all makes sense.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 70 - 11.8.14
Day 70
Inspired by Carey Merrick's (elephant man) skeleton. I can only imagine how difficult it must have been in his day.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 69 - 11.7.14
Day 69
in adrawingaday, bird, color pencil, drawing, feathers, ink
A good friend brought me back a book on the native birds of California. So much inspiration in there!
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 68 - 11.6.14
Day 68
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Inspired by the recent "Dia de los Muertos" and the color that comes along with it.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 67 - 11.5.14
Day 67
A few things impeded me from keeping up with the drawings for a while. However, instead of seizing completely I've decided to extend the date and simply finish 365 drawings. So all in all I'm back on track as it were. This is an abstract piece I played with using gouache and ink.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 58 - 10.16.14
Day 58
in adrawingaday, boat, sea life, otherland, ink, drawing, color pencil, figurative
This is an idea I had years ago. I enjoy the possibility for a narrative here.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 54 - 10.12.14
Day 54
Imagining Kea Tawana's ark at the top of a rolling hill close to shore.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 45 - 10.3.14
Day 45
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Ely flying in his sleep.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 44 - 10.2.14
Day 44
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Ely as Golem.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 43 - 10.1.14
Day 43
Trying out a new pen knib with this drawing and having some fun with the content. :)
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 38 - 9.26.14
Day 38
Thoughts of a humming bird, a heart, a helicopter, and pollination came to mind while drawing tonight.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 35 - 9.23.14
Day 35
I started the drawing upside down but a quarter of the way through it felt right to turn it upside down. Can't believe how long it has been since I worked on a patterned piece like this. I felt so much nostalgia for my days in college studying with Barbara Rossi and Karl Wirsum. They were part of the Chicago Imagists group and are just amazing people and artists.
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