Fine Art — Analog
Renderings in oils, acrylics, ink and graphite.
Stone flower child. Acrylic on canvas.
Impressionistic dream. Oil on canvas board.
Plum. Acrylic on canvas.
Critically endangered Sumatran elephants. Graphite on paper.
Critically endangered Amur Leopard. Graphite on paper.
Endangered hawksbill sea turtle. Graphite on paper.
Critically endangered Bornean Orangutan. Graphite on paper.
Critically endangered African Black Rhino. Graphite on paper.
Endangered African Wild Dog. Graphite on paper.
Critically endangered Yangtze Finless Porpoise. Graphite on paper.
Critically endangered black footed ferret. Graphite on paper.
The endangered blue whale. Graphite on paper.
Critically endangered southern Blue Fin Tuna. Graphite on paper.
Endangered Bonobo. Graphite on paper.
Endangered Humphead Wrasse. Graphite on paper.
Halloween town. Acrylic on canvas.
Midnight walk. Acrylic on canvas.
Study of Seurat's Sunday in the Park with George. Ink stipple on illustration board.
Since art class in grammar school introduced me to the myriad ways an artistic soul can be expressive, I have spent much time immersed in media exploration and technique. In high school, it was mostly #2 pencil, with some dabbling in acrylic landscapes. College introduced oils, watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, stone lithogaphy. Of all the techniques I studied, ink stipple is my favorite. It is extremely time consuming, but the result can be stunning and rewarding.
Most recently, I’ve begun a series of graphite renderings of animals currently on the list of critically endangered species. I have yet to determine what my end goal is with this project, but I do know that I felt compelled to draw them, as if the process of doing so would somehow prolong their existence on Earth. Art can be powerful, influential. Hopeful. But I am not naive enough to think that it can keep a being alive. Although, I’ve heard about this picture of Dorian Gray…