Portfolio > Structural Drawings

side view of Branch, showing dimension
Branch (side view
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, cut, opened
44"x54"x9"
2015
$3600
drawing of a branch with leaves, cut
Branch
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, cut, opened
44"x54"x9"
2015
$3600
Branch, detail
Branch, detail
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, cut, opened
(detail of) 44"x54"x9"
2015
drawing made at the National Museum of Health and Medicine
AFIP
colored pencil on paper, cut and folded
30"x22"x3"
2014
$2000
AFIP, detail
AFIP, detail
colored pencil on paper, cut, folded
(detail of) 30"x22"
2014
Koan
Koan
colored pencil on paper, cut
30"x22"
2014
$2000
Koan, detail
Koan, detail
colored pencil on paper, cut, stretched
(detail of) 30"x22"
2014
a tree knot and a moth wing
White Line
colored pencil and gesso on cut paper
30"x22"
2013
$2000
White Line, detail
White Line, detail
colored pencil on paper, cut, stretched
(detail of) 30"x22"
2013
a bird I drew while in residence at the Museum of Natural History - thinking about moving through time and space
Through
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, cut, folded and glued
30"x22"
2013
$2000
Through, detail
Through, detail
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, cut, opened
2013
drawing of a blue macaw birdskin, made while in residence at the Museum of Natural History
Blue Macaw
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, acrylic paint, cut, folded and sewn
65"x66"
2012
$7000
Blue Macaw, detail
Blue Macaw, detail
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, cut
2012
a drawing about the act and futility of drawing, made while in residence at the Natural History Museum
Black Wing
colored pencil on paper, partially mounted on gessoed canvas, folded and sewn, wood, hardware, powdered graphite
32"x24"x4"
2012
$2000
Black Wing, detail
Black Wing, detail
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, cut
2012
my attempt at creating the shape of a Lorenz Manifold - now in the collection of the DC Art Bank
Phantom
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, cut, folded and glued
42"x96"x11"
2011
Phantom, detail
Phantom, detail
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, cut
(detail of) 42"x96"x11"
2010
in a private collection
Grass
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, cut, opened and glued
42"x22"x3"
2010
the round cut-out hovers above the drawing
Flying
colored pencil on paper, cut and shifted
33"x22"
2013
two intertwined torus forms - another one found in physics - in the collection of the DC Art Bank
Making This World (for Lewis Hyde)
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, cut, folded and glued
42"x54"x7"
2008
the klein bottle is a form found, mathematically, in physics
Untitled (Klein Bottle)
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, cut, folded and glued
42"x72"x9"
2007
in a private collection
Wound Leaves
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, cut and wound, wood, hardward
34"x24"x4"
2007
in a private collection
Jay/Torus
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, cut, folded and glued
variable
2007
a torus - from physics - cutting through, and making the bird unrecognizable
A Bird in a Tree in the Universe
colored pencil on paper, mounted on gessoed canvas, cut, folded and glue
39"x54"x5"
2007

These drawings all become dimensional through the use of cutting and folding. Some of the forms are based on ideas found in physics. Others are more intuitive.
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