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Drawing From a Model
Drawing from life is key to my work. Immediacy, truth and perception is only possible in the presence of nature and our fellows. We are living breathing beings who see with two eyes in a head that is set on the flexible stalk of the neck. I see and feel simultaneously, dynamically. Not at all like the camera with its unmoving single eye. As we draw we talk to the model and to each other. I move, get up, drink or snack. The model’s face shows the shadows of her thoughts and feelings, physical comfort or discomfort. The challenge of life is to be here now, fully present. I am a being, breathing and vibrating with my model and other artists in the studio. I am fully alive and present, and it is that feeling of pleasure in existence that I summon in my art. My model and I are unique human beings existing in a moment of time which will never be repeated. My ideal drawing can be idiosyncratic even shocking, but always true.
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| Alaska 14" x 14" ink on paper |
Necklace 14" x 14" ink on paper |
Young Girl 14" x 14" ink on paper |
Russian Girl 14" x 14" ink on paper |
Words for a Woman 14" x 14" ink on paper |
Girl with a Man's Haircut 14" x 14" ink on paper |
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| Angry Girl 10" x 14" ink/watercolor on paper |
Blue Dancer 18" x 10" watercolor on paper |
Head of a Woman 16" x 20" pastel on toned paper |
Woman Wearing Blue 16" x 20" pastel on toned paper |
Kathy 11" x 14" pastel on toned paper |
Man Wearing Hat 21" x 17" oil pastel on canvas |
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| Catherine 9" x 12" pastel on paper |
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