Lead and Leaf

The end of summer is approaching - so time for a quick studio update!

I will be exhibiting work at the McGraw Gallery at Newark Academy during the month of September:

The reception is Thursday, September 12 from 6 - 7:30 PM

More details are on the Newark Academy website.

I have been busy in the studio this summer and a trip to the art photographer is scheduled for next week, so new work will be posted soon! A quick detail view of one of the pieces that I will have photographed next week:

"Selfie (We Create Our Own Mythologies)"

My snapshots of the two most recently completed works are a bit lousy - thanks to the highly reflective gold leaf on both drawings - so I will wait to post the finished pieces until I have nice photos available.

For now, here are a couple of new Strange Tales ...

Strange Tale #40: Dancing With The Ever-Elusive Muse

Pencil and glass beads on Moleskine sketchbook paper, stitched onto Arches hot press, 10 x 10 inches (a much better flickr view is here)

Strange Tale #41: The Snake Charmer Realized That She Had Met Her Match

Pencil and glass beads on Moleskine sketchbook paper, stitched onto Arches hot press, 10 x 8 inches (a much better flickr view is here)

New Drawings

A Happy Holiday Season to all! 

Below are the three drawings that I have been working on this past fall ~ finally complete and taken to the art photographer last week:

Leora especially loved wandering in the field rows on Sunday mornings

Graphite pencil, 22K gold leaf, freshwater pearls, citrine and glass beads on Arches hot press watercolor paper, 27 x 19 inches

A zoomify version to see detail for Leora is located here

Beatrice was intrigued by the request

Graphite pencil, 12K white gold leaf, freshwater pearls, glass and vintage Hungarian beads on Arches hot press watercolor paper,20 x 25 inches

Zoomify for Beatrice is here

Two Knights

Graphite pencil, 22K gold leaf, freshwater pearls and glass beads on Arches hot press watercolor paper,24 x 18 inches

The Zoomify image for Two Knights is here

Again, best wishes for a wonderful holiday season! And for those who love Christmas music as much as I do, here is a little Otis Redding...on vinyl, of course:

     

Sprout and Thinning

A pair of two new smaller drawings:

Sprout

image: 12 x 12 inches

graphite on paper

Thinning

image: 12 x 12 inches

graphite on paper

These are drawings related to bio-ethics and (un) natural selection.

I am planning on exhibiting these pieces as part of the Between Realities exhibit organized by the Broad Street Studio for January 2010.