sketchbook 13

There will be time, there will be time
To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet…
- eliot

sketchbook 11

graphite HB & 4B

seeing double

print of pg 38
!!!

alphabet

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I've been learning how to use Adobe Illustrator. Yesterday I made this alphabet with the pen tool. It needs some fine tuning, but I'm really happy with it.

sketchbook 10 (an imaginary book #2)

HB graphite

once upon a time...

sketchbook 08 (an imaginary book)

mechanical #2 pencil .7mm

sketchbook 07

mechanical #2 pencil .7mm

sketchbook 06 (trouble so hard)

watercolor

words from Vera Hall's Trouble So Hard
which is sampled in Moby's Natural Blues
except I made 'trouble' plural.

Poison

3 x 4.5" graphite on copy paper

This is a vision I had before falling asleep last night. I sketched it at work today.

Maria, 1944. (in progress)

12 x 16" graphite on warm white stonehenge paper
(in progress)

Typically I post small drawings that are made quickly. This is a big drawing and I'm slow at big drawings. It's been a while since I've drawn a large formal portrait. My family commissioned this one. It is of my mom's mom's mom; my great grandmother. Along with the tiny photograph, I was given an audio-cassette of her playing the harmonica and a number of rosaries. These are treasures to me.

I'll post more progress photos as I remember. With the way things are this may take months to finish. But I have a good start.

sketchbook 04 (would you promise to be kind?)

words from Mirah's Promise to Me
(an absolutely crushing song when the time is right)

good news

That little painting I did of Michael Jackson is about to make the rounds. Here's the press release:

With the recent passing of superstar Michael Jackson, it's impossible not to have some sort of reaction. Emerging Twin Cities artists come together to reflect on the memory and media portrayal of the King of Pop. This bi-partisan tribute is a collaboration of mediums, ideas, and opinions of a generation of artists raised on Jackson's music. Aesthetically the work is a fearless juxtaposition of creativity possessing a whimsical but raw boldness. 'Remember The Time...' is touring the Twin Cities during the fall and winter months, premiering in October at Audubon Coffee in Northeast Minneapolis and heading to Lowertown's Back Alley Gallery in November. An opening reception will take place at Back Alley Gallery on Saturday, November 7.

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Remember the stork and invitations I made for Carol's baby shower? She gave birth this morning and everybody is happy and healthy. :) Check out this great etching I spied at the hospital (click for full-size):

sketchbook 03

watercolor and 005 micron pen

this is a sort of collage
the style of buildings is from carson ellis
and the words are from bob dylan

sketchbook 02 (OR don't ever tell anybody anything)

reproduced book cover on moleskine with 02 micron pen

Maybe it's just nostalgia but I have loved this book cover since I got it ten years ago. My father bought it for me at the local B&N along with Nine Stories. "Do you really need both?" he asked. "Yes," I whispered. But I never finished Nine Stories and I lost it a few years later.

sketchbook 01

acrylic in moleskine

inspired by a painting from picasso's circus (or rose) period
and a voicemail from my mother last week.