Sketches

These are some of the quick sketches I felt that I needed to do get the feel of room interiors.  I was experimenting with shape/objects/ light/ placement trying to get a better feel for larger images I wanted to make.

There are two images here.  The drawing as it is right now "Giraffe on Bed "

 and "The Giraffe in the Room".  This one is a Photoshop-altered image of the original drawing. (not refined)   I like the idea of the giant transparent giraffes filling the room with their ghostly presence.  The smaller giraffe on the bed is the one really in the room, and I added the large ones for emphasis-in case the viewer wanted to overlook or quickly dismiss the one on the bed.

I feel like I may be on to something here.... my question is....do I add this idea to the drawing or allow it to be a Photoshop image that I would potentially print onto appropriate paper?

I do have other ideas for original drawing-I will add birds, confusion, objects, erasures and movement-it is far from done so do not evaluate it as such.

Durer's Hare

I had found this rabbit in a book in school when I was a kid.  I have always loved the pose, seriousness and the fine detail of this rabbit.

Amazing Artist for my aspirations

I came across this artist years ago and have relocated his work.  Lars Henkel's work just blows me away!  It has the power, technical strength, mystery, thought-provoking content and power that I want to achieve.  Just incredible! Wow!

I met with Lucinda Bliss today.  We had a great discussion about subject matter, values and options to portray them, based on what I am doing in my current work.  I now have some new ideas to investigate and I am very excited about it! 

This is my third sketch.  I started it as a monotype with black ink.  I did not like it at all, and I have gone into it with acrylic, paint and charcoal.  I really do not know what to think of it yet.  It looks childlike-I am trying not to censor -so here it is for the world to see.

I found some quotes that I like from the book In the Making, by Linda Weintraub, by artist Michal Rovner:

"I am concerned with the blurring of human and animal, of existing and not existing, of being alive and not."

"We all share a struggle for existence - it doesn't matter if one is a human or an animal......"

"We all experience the fragility of being."

"To connect for a moment, with the force that moves through them is my aim."