Monday, April 03, 2006

Extemporizing in Black on White

Black Ink on white paper has always been one of my favorite mediums. Its starkness, readiness and arrogance make it all too American. You must think in line, shape, value and space to truly capture the gesture of the subject. All these aspects must unify seamlessly alternating like a musical composition. Ink drawing is piano jazz; all improvisation.

Like I said on my page, concerning my music, 'I like to leave the brushstrokes on the notes'... it is the same in my drawings and paintings; I like to leave in the resonance and discord.

There is a clash manifested in the best of art, a duality, that can be laughed to or cried to. Capturing this is the ultimate...the supreme...the Tao of Art.

4 Comments:

Blogger Eric said...

good drawing, I like the different value steps going on. The drawing falls off on the bottom and the left. And maybe even on the right. I think this has promise and I would recommend going back in with white acrylic and deciding exactly where those legs and arms should exist as lines, or adding some paper around it and giving the figure a bit more comfort zone. There are a million ways to re-enter it.

I dig the little head big body thing. And you've said alot with a little in the farthest space.

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