Thursday, January 4, 2018

LAW 141; Another New Art Book Project

I spent a fair amount of time this past summer and fall with a black and white drawing project, Looking For America, which is sadly not finished.  As the days grew shorter, and darker i was feeling a real strong urge to work with color.Thus was born, Inner Visions.

Inner Vision #1, 12.12.17



If you follow my work at all, you will be aware of my project/book orientation. I know, i know, i can call it a series with as few as three pieces. Somehow that never seems to be enough; it doesn't really satisfy my inner book artist.

Inner Vision #2, 12.13.17

I was feeling the need for color along with the pen and ink lines. So, some colorful fantasias' that i am calling Inner Visions. Colored pencil of no particular provence with Pentel's xtra fine point Finito! pen, on Bockingford 140# water color paper. I am going to treat this series as a book, so each piece of the paper will form a 'signature' comprised of a front and back image that measures 6 x 9" and a center double truck of 9 x 12".


Inner Vision #3, 12.14.17


My choice of materials was dictated primarily by what i had available on the boat, coupled with ease of use. Colored pencil is a very labor intensive, not to mention hard on my hands; but rather meditative. I mean what else do i have to do on these cold winter days.  

Inner Vision #4, 12.15.17


These were meant to be daily projects, but that is just not happening, between the cold and and the physical effort it usually takes me two days to finish one of them.

Inner Vision #5, 12.17.16

One of the things that i find very interesting about this project is how the separate pieces work so well together. I intentionally do not look at the finished pieces as i don't want to influence the current piece.
Inner Vision #6, 12.16.17

It is extremely cold here. The north wind has blown almost all of the water out of the river. Mungo tried to get off the boat this morning, about an hour after high tide, but it was not to happen. We were about four feet below the dock; with nothing to grab or hold onto it just wasn't happening. Luckily a good slipmate neighbor came down to check on his boat, refilled our drinking water containers and "spotted" Mungo as he crawled around the boat checking our lines.
Inner Vision #7, 12.28.17

Luckily we did do a good deal of shopping yesterday, so we have plenty of food, back up propane in case of a(very unlikely) power outage. 
Inner Vision #8, 12.31.17

To bad we didn't buy more wine!


Inner Vision #9, 1.4.18

Stay warm, more later
Gail

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