Environmental Drawing Works

The ultimate joy I get from art is when I can travel out into the world, natural or otherwise, and capture a scene as I see it. The one and only way to learn the intricacies of the reality that surrounds us is to observe from it. How to understand light, color, value is apparent all around us in the universe -- these are some of the only semi truths we can know, they apply to us. So to get better we must study nature, that is what the drawings below you are; snapshots of reality through an artistic license, the privilege to take from real-life and interpret, either adding or subtracting, twisting facets of the observed to support an inherent beauty that lies within the natural world.

A mix of charcoal and graphite, fairly large and all from observation. Of particular interest are those from the center for wooden boats on south Lake Union in Seattle. Enjoy!

Queen Anne Homes

Some photos I took two months ago up on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle. Similar to my house photos from Edmonds in that they are fairly balanced, straight on and rather plain. This is something commenting on the mundane nature of the suburban (urban) home. Yadda-yadda-yadda. Enjoy

Olympic Sculpture Park Book

This is a book I made laster year for my Cornish foundations second-to-final project. I sold it to my teacher Ruthy and just recently asked for it back to I could scan it in. Below are the ink and watercolor blind contour drawings I did from the Seattle Olympic Sculpture Park. Enjoy.

2009 Photography

Studio X Photography

Here are some photos from my studio X photography section. Some photograms, some regular prints and some overlay enlargements.