Portfolio > Transitional Drawings 2020-21

This work - finished, or begun, during the pandemic - transitions from specimen drawing in museums, to seeing through one object to another, to creating the illusion of objects under vellum that seems to have been folded. I think of the vellum drawings as the No Thing drawings.

Anatomy Lesson #1
colored pencil on paper
30"x22"
2020
Anatomy Lesson #1detail
colored pencil on paper
2020
Stela
colored pencil on paper
30"x22"
2020
Stela detail
colored pencil on paper
2020
NYCME 1963
colored pencil on paper, verso carved, with graphite
30"x22"
2020
NYCME 1963 detail
colored pencil on paper, carved verso with graphite
2020
Ear Bone
colored pencil on paper, transfer print and pencil on wall
30"x24"
2020
Ear Bone detail
colored pencil on paper, transfer and pencil on wall
2020
Puzzle
colored pencil on paper, cut
30"x22"
2020
Puzzle detail
colored pencil on paper, cut
2020
Pressure
colored pencil on paper, laser-etched
30"x22"
2020
Pressure detail
colored pencil on paper laser etching
2020
Red Giant
colored pencil on paper, laser cut in an image of deep space downloaded from the NASA website
30"x22"
2020
Red Giant detail
colored pencil on paper, laser-cut in an image of deep space, downloaded from the NASA website
2020
Reflection
colored pencil, laser-cut
30"x23"
2020
Reflection detail
colored pencil on paper laser-cut
2020
Mickey
colored pencil on paper, transfer & colored pencil on mat, woven paper
32"x24"
2020
Mickey detail 1
colored pencil on paper, transfer and colored pencil on wall
2020
Mickey detail 2
woven paper
2020
Transition
colored pencil on paper
30"x22"
2020
Transition detail 1
colored pencil on paper
2020
Transition detail 2
colored pencil on paper
2020
Japanese Maple
colored pencil on paper and vellum
12"x9"
2021
Japanese Maple detail
colored pencil on paper and vellum
2021
Still Life Study
colored pencil on paper and vellum
30"x22"
2021
Still Life Study detail
colored pencil on paper and vellum
2021
No Leaves, No Fold
colored pencil on paper and vellum
25"x17"
2021
No Leaves, No Fold detail
colored pencil on vellum, over paper
2021