Star Island sketchbook for the week
Sketchbook stuff from Star Island (NH) last week, part of the Isle of Shoals
PRIMUS poster!
I saw PRIMUS at this very venue in Milwaukee back in the early 90's so I was very excited that I was asked to make a poster for a show at the same place! There are a few left and can be bought here. Ships out Aug. 9, 2017.
5 color print by the geniuses at Kayrock Editions in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Get yours here.
Silkscreening
8" x 10" silkscreen edition of 6, available here.
It's been more than 30 years since I did any silk screening myself. Our high school was just phasing out technical trade classes in the late 80's and we had an amazing "graphics" industrial-style classroom (letterpress, silkscreen, offset printing) with no teachers (they all retired) so it was kinda of Lord of the Flies in there. I sort of learned from other students but not really - mostly just made Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane's Addiction t-shirts to sell in the parking lot of concerts. I'm hoping to start making small editions in my studio and making them available for cheap, in my store this fall/winter. Click for more like this.
Dogwood inking starts....
First layer of ink over graphite started today. Several more layers of ink to prefect the linework and then layers of watercolor after that. Click for more like this.
Hedly's Lilly
"Hedly's Lilly," 22" x 30" pen & ink and watercolor on paper. 2017. Click for more like this. Inspired by:
Lilly Mugshot
I love to obsess over [drawn] lines. How it's not just a 'line' but how each side has a surface and that there's a variable difference between those to surfaces - they have a relationship to each other. I went to grad school for printmaking but really I only wanted to learn more about drawing. I wanted to know stuff that I never understood, like when, where and why to make lines thicker and thinner. I'm still learning about it and not unlike skateboarding - learning a new trick opens more doors to learning more tricks - more tools to keep in my toolbox. I still love looking through my toolbox and thinking about what to use on a drawing and maybe (hopefully?) know why to use that tool. But often it's just me taking a tool from the toolbox and using it because it seems fun and seeing what happens and inevitably learning something cool from it. Click for more like these.
2017 NYFA Fellowship
I'm part of New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) newest class of Artist Fellows!
Botanic garden sketches
Sketchbook studies from today's trip to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Click for more like this.
Hibiscus Color test
9" x 11" graphite and watercolor test for larger drawing. More botanical stuff here.
