Still Life Drawings

The bane of my existence is charcoal -- or so I thought before I took it to more practice and genuine application. Through working more with this messy, black-ash stick that is charcoal I have begun to truly appreciate the useful qualities it offers. Most notably being its dry application, easy blending abilities, capacity to reach a pure black and the diverse assortment of values it can conjure up in between. This is a testament to the fact that you cannot like or dislike a medium / material until you have whole-heartedly working with it and learned its methods. I doubt I will be working much with charcoal in the future but it was invaluable to have had the time to fully comprehend and experiment with its possibilities.

Below are a number of still life's as depicted in my 'works on paper' drawing course from this past semester. Most are large, roughly 2x3 ft. or so and all are done using the aforementioned medium of vine and compressed charcoal with splatterings of white and red pastel. Also note that each drawing took from 10 minutes to 2.5 hours to complete and, again, are completely hand drawn from observation under studio lighting. Enjoy!

Blue Paper Abstraction

A simple line abstraction using blue Saral tracing paper. Mostly Random.

Old Man Time

Here is my final get-up for the Foundations line to mass sculpture project. For the assignment I decided to be father time - check it out. 

Stunning Performance Art Piece

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_n2kfqNmpY

I found the work of Janine Antoni to be particularly intriguing. In her piece linked to above titled "touch" she stretches a slack-line in front of the horizon and slowly walks across it. As she does so the line momentarily touches the actual horizon line giving the illusion of Antoni walking along the horizon. The piece blurs the lines between sculpture and performance and gives a magical glimpse into what it might actually be like to walk on the horizon. This piece is truly genius.