| Gallery: Drawings, Marks, and Collages: Present - 1985 |
I have included several different kinds of drawings in this gallery. They vary between abstractions to drawings attempting to emulate photography. Some were done on site while others were begun on site and then completed in the studio.
Marks. Are
you at your most creative when you were a young child? What were your
drawings and paintings like before you had seen examples and were convinced
by peers, teachers, to draw and paint a certain way? Drawings needed to
communicate to others. Accuracy was important. Composition principles were
thrown at you and absorbed.
I don't have an answer to the question but, in this series I am trying to
reach back to those more innocent days before composition principles and the
acquired skills of drawing and painting began to dictate every mark I put on
a surface. Reaching back to your childhood freedom of expression is an
extremely difficult approach for a 64 year old artist, architect, educator,
human being to take. Look at my other series. Control and the order of
geometry are extremely fundamental to all of my work.
It is difficult to imagine giving up a life time of learning. So, I didn't
totally give up those skills. I just pushed them to the deep background and
am letting the child in me come out. These marks on either paper or wood are
my childhood dreams and random thoughts filtered through an adults mind. So
far, it has been fun. I hope you enjoy them. They are evolving in
interesting directions.
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Bridge Ahead
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Marks 4
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Three Bridges
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The Magic Mirror of Water
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As the Tourists Arrive
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Marks 5
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Impression
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San Francesco de Asis
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Coffee Stop
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Marks 6
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Stairs Everywhere
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Sablet in the Early Morning
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Arrival
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Marks 7
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The Real Disney Land
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Christmas Alone in Santa Fe
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Glass of White Wine |
Marks 1
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Figure Ground
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Through the Arch
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Vineyard Patterns
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Marks 3
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New from the Old
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Knossos 2
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Summer Camp
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Marks 9
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Siena
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Horse Blowing Pool Toy
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Strength
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Marks 13
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Chapel in a Cliff
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Knossos
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Light
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Marks 8
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Torre del Mancia
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One Red Finger Nail
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Soft Rock
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Marks 10
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244 Casados
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Entry Gate
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Split
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Marks 11
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Stark
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No Umbrella
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Charcoal 1
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Marks 12
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Pantheon from Rue Valette
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They Race Where
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Charcoal 2
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Marks 16
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People
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Hear Closure, Yes!
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Marks 21 Charlie
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Marks 2
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Leave Me Alone
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Age of Aquarius
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Tie a Knot in It
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Bikini in the Garden
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Marks 15
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Marks 17
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Marks 22
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Marks 20
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Marks 19
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Smile
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Leave Me Alone
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See No Evil
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Draw Bridge
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Marks 23
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Charcoal 4
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Art versus Architecture
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