These drawings are imagined recollections, a kind of conjuring, drawn directly without referring to photographs or sketches. For me, indelible ink is most expressive because it is immediate and prompts swift, fluent drawing. I especially like how a single brush stroke can be both shadow and light.
RIVER NOTES Black Walnut Ink Drawings 2024
Foreign– 7×10 in. black walnut ink, India ink, gouache on paper, 2024
Milwaukee River- East Side– 7x10in. black walnut ink, India ink, gouache on paper, 2024
River Note VIII- 7x10in. black walnut ink, India ink, gouache on paper, 2024
River Note VI- 7x10in. black walnut, India ink, gouache on paper, 2024
River Note V– 7x10in. black walnut ink, India ink, gouache on paper, 2024
Threshold– 24x20in. black walnut ink, India ink, gouache on paper, 2024
River Note IV– 11x14in. black walnut ink, India ink, gouache on paper, 2024
River Note X– 14x11in. black walnut ink, India ink, gouache on paper, 2024
Milwaukee River- West Side- 14x11in. black walnut ink, India ink, gouache on paper, 2024
River Note III – 11x14in. black walnut ink, India ink, gouache on paper, 2024
River Note II – 11x14in. black walnut ink, India ink, gouache on paper, 2024
River Note I– 14x11in. black walnut, India ink, gouache on paper, 2024
WINTER TREES 2024
Winter Trees (marcescent)– 14x11in. India ink, black walnut ink, gouache on paper, 2024
Winter Trees (mugo pine)– 14×11 in. India ink, black walnut ink, gouache on paper, 2024
Winter Trees (willow)– 14×11 in. India ink, black walnut ink, gouache on paper, 2024
Winter Trees (birches)– 14×11 in. India ink, black walnut ink, gouache on paper, 2024
Winter Trees (crabapple)– 14×11 in. India ink, black walnut ink, gouache on paper, 2024
SUMMER GARDEN -2023
I usually begin drawing with a few improvised marks and pools of ink laid randomly across the page. These markings become spatial notations as I look for pathways or clearings as subjects within habitats dense with plantlike forms.
Rhubarb Patch I– 10×14 in. India ink on paper, 2023
Canopy– 11×14 in. India ink on paper, 2023
Garden Screen– 11×14 in. India ink on paper, 2023
Collards- 14×11 in. India ink on paper, 2023
Flower Pot- 10×7 in. India ink on paper, 2023
Garden Bed– 11×14 in. India ink on paper, 2023
Garden Compound- 14×11 in. India ink on paper, 2023
Garden Edge– 11×9 in. India ink on paper, 2023
Herbs and Flowers– 14x11in. India ink on paper, 2023
Late August– 14×11 in. India ink on paper, 2023
Mullein– 14x11in. India ink on paper, 2023
Pathway– 14x11in. India ink on paper, 2023
Purl– 11×14 in. India ink on paper, 2023
Stepping Stones-14×11 in. India ink on paper, 2023
