Art

Most of my art is hand drawn graphite or charcoal, and more recently silverpoint. Though I love the drawn line, I also love the non-drawn line - the gaps, the incomplete spaces that the eye leaps across. I find myself compelled by the ambiguous and implied, rather than the explicit and certain.

I have long wrestled with the fragility of paper as a substrate, with it's vulnerability to moisture, and it's need to be behind glass, which does something to lessen the sense of intimacy for the viewer.

Some years ago, I began making marks directly on the gessoed surface of wooden panels. The panels are carefully crafted first, thoughtfully proportioned and lovingly assembled as if they were a piece of mid-century Danish furniture. I then draw directly on the gessoed top surface, and when finished I apply either matte varnish or hand wax the surface in order to protect the drawing.

I occasionally make forays into wood constructions as well.