Six Figures 25 October 2007

Pencil and pastel on Arches hot press.
Drawn from a live model. Each pose was between ten and fifteen minutes long. I went to a figure drawing session at a local art center that offers a few classes like “Developing a visual vocabulary,” but this seems to constitute nothing more than recreating a chest cavity [...]

Five figures 25 October 2007

Pencil and soft pastel on paper.
These are studies — they are not drawn from life, they’re out of my head. I been drawing “for about seventeen years, OK? I don’t draw from life anymore, I just kick it from my head, you know what I’m saying, I can do that.” Heh, sorry, [...]

A slight bend in the road, from which we look back awhile 25 October 2007

I’m switching over to a new project for the moment. I’m having certain doubts about my work, which I will attempt here to explain. Of course, I have doubts about everything, so there is never a clear answer or alternative for me — but sometimes, through practice, we see that certain doors have, [...]

Eight Madonnas 19 October 2007

At least there are eight of them, now.

Madonna 2.

Madonna 3.

Modest Progress 17 October 2007

Oil paint on gold mat board.
Here are six of a series of eight Madonnas. They’re numbered left to right, 1-4 on top and 5-8 on the bottom, for convenience’s sake, and a final order is not yet determined. Of the first four, only one has emerged relatively unchanged, that is Madonna 6:

This is [...]

Madonna in Studio 11 October 2007

Conte crayon, pastel, and pencil on bristol board.
This is a new drawing, much smaller than the Large Madonna below. Big stylistic cues from Giacometti on this. The room is my studio corner.

Large Madonna Drawing 8 October 2007

Sorry for the bad photograph. Lighting in my room isn’t ideal.
Stylistic cues from Giacometti. I’m thinking about incorporating a background into it, as it looks a little absurd as just an object. It has that perfect containment, even though the style is really wild. Sort of embarrassing, really. It’s [...]