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.
WINTER TREES
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 articulated by improvised depictions of 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
