what you get is what you see

Life Drawing

    Big studies at mural scale, medium sized portrayals and tiny sketches comprise this body of work.  Models range from the young and acrobatic to the stately and elderly, the usual to the exotic.  Line itself and shape convey most of the message.  Mediums are kept simple, just charcoal, chalk, or brush and ink, for the most part; sometimes a stick or a bamboo pen and ink introduce the unpredictable, an accent of chance.  Style changes, now it is realism, now expressionist, all edgy dash and scramble.  Likeness and mood work through the inevitable blockages, the permanent filters.