Category Archive: drawings

15 Jul

Rosetta translated

Rosetta translated

Today in 1799 the Rosetta Stone was discovered; An edict in honor of King Ptolemy V; written in three ancient texts it was to provide …

 
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04 Jul

Mike Perry Landfill and Holiday Zines

Mike Perry Landfill and Holiday Zines

An American artist whose decision to strike out independently and make his own way with his unique ‘hand’ is the order of the day. Mike Perry’s work is showing up on all manner of products and places…

 
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04 Jun

Summer in the park

Summer in the park

Above is one of my recent etchings, pondering the Honey Eater.

 
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01 Jun

The sun, the muse and the Galerie d’Apollon

The sun, the muse and the Galerie d’Apollon

In Greek mythology Apollo is leader of the various muses and, befittingly, the room is a celebration of the sun and light over which he presided, as well as an embodiment of the fruits of each of his muses.

 
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18 May

Trompe-l’œil and whimsical wall flourishes in the Louvre

Trompe-l’œil and whimsical wall flourishes in the Louvre

These wall flourishes and Trompe-l’œil details can be found in the Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre, Paris.

 
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28 Apr

Connecting to internals; Whitney Biennial 2010

Connecting to internals; Whitney Biennial 2010

The drawing crawls across the wall, as the visualisation builds, the linework is slightly schizophrenic; here focusing and ruminating for a while; there lacing loosely over unknown matter. And all the while the paper accommodates as required.

 
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27 Mar

compelled to make marks: Ingres; Line

compelled to make marks: Ingres; Line

The difference between what we see and a sheet of white paper with a few thin lines on it is very great. Yet this abstraction is one which we seem to have adopted almost instinctively at an early stage in our development not only in Neolithic graffiti but in early Egyptian drawings.

 
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21 Feb

blooming life

blooming life

for every thing there is a season

 
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29 Nov

Frits Lugt: Degas and other collected drawings

Frits Lugt: Degas and other collected drawings

At age eight his shell collection proved worthy of purchase by the Department of Natural History at the Amsterdam Royal Zoo, and things escalated from there… The works are refreshing, freehand and candid markings from masters in the world of art.

 
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14 Oct

Pomegranate: The Enduring Motif

Pomegranate: The Enduring Motif

In Greek mythology the fruit appears in the story of Persephone, stolen by Hades to the underworld. It was a symbol to the Helenic world of marriage, life and regeneration, which equally translated in medieval times to a symbol of fertility.

 
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