Two ink washes I’ve realized during last summer.
“Of After”, ink on paper, 2012
Category Archives: Drawing
Sibilants
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013 !
During the last couple of years I struggled with an issue which may be concerning many young artists:
WHAT SHALL I DO WITH ALL MY PAST SKETCHES,
DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS ?
Many years ago the answer lied in the garbage,
but I realised one can never be certain whether
a tiny sketch is good at all, or extremely bad ?
I invite you to see two of the series of works made from such diverse sketches :
COLLAGES OF OLD SKETCHES
It took years until I could ‘sift’ my past drawings, while keeping them all in storage for future reference. Having the tendency to refer only to the quality of a drawing, to its perceptual intensity, I had forgotten the importance of the memories which gave birth to all these sorts of life sketches. Although I’m generally more than happy to throw any object whatsoever, it became impossible to throw bits of myself filtered through drawing. Continue reading
Boyhood : Scenes From Provincial Life – J M Coetzee
Since it’s Sunday again, it’s time for the second readrawing!
Early Monday morning this week Coetzee’s novel “Boyhood” winked at me from the top shelf.
“Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life” chronicles Coetzee’s childhood in a small city 90 miles from Cape Town, in Worcester, on 12, Poplar Avenue…
Berlin Poplars
Hello everyone,
I hope you are all enjoying your holidays at your best !
This is my first post of a new series of book illustrations I decided to make every Sunday from now on.
The series will be entitled “Have you read this drawing ?”.
Only books I read presently will be taken into consideration. Only books I’ve enjoyed and which influenced me enough to realise a drawing of them. These drawings are not at all meant to be professional illustrations, but more or less an aftermath of my weekly readings. Continue reading
Allegro
Temple I, ink on paper, 100 x 70 cm, 2009
