Sunday, August 31, 2014

Drawing and skeletons

"Drawing is the bones of thought" says Dorothea Rockburne, in an interview for MoMA exhibit:
Dorothea Rockburne: Drawing Which Makes Itself (September 21, 2013-February 2, 2014).

"...the bones of thought"-- it presents an interesting image.
A skeleton then, in homage to the idea itself.

Ink drawing (6" x 4")

Is is true they have cut drawing from the core curricula of Fine Arts degrees? Boneheaded decision?




Saturday, August 23, 2014

Still Life = Nature Morte

"Oh", he said, "still life?"
"Hmmmmm" I thought, "abstract still life?"

Collage with ink (8" x 6")


Still, there is life, so if it is still life, why is it not lifeless or dead -- like it is in French -- "nature morte".

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Free Range (Upton Farm) study

Fields and tree -- roaming freely; is it the same tree?

Acrylic on paper (22" x 15")
Like our thoughts on a summer day; are they the same thoughts?

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Busy Lives

Getting up and going places, intersecting with worlds, other worlds, other places and other spaces.

Ink drawing (6" x 4")
Sometimes colliding... 

Ink drawing (6" x 4")
Energy unleashed.

New Mexico Interiors

 2024 February Reflection takes place internally. Lots of thoughts to tidy up. These are articulated in their own language. The mind will go...