other work

drawing in progress

drawing, new work, other work

unbelievably, december.

only a few weeks to turning it all over to another year, possible better times. for all.

making some progress on this one, feeling better about color, it was dark and scattered vibe when i started it couple of days ago. 

december - drawing in progress
december - drawing in progress
in progress – as of december 10, 2020


been feeling the urge to draw so much lately, but do it mostly when it’s already or still dark outside… the best energy of my day still needs me @emanuelaaureli_jewelry 😬
both fulfilling, but drawing keeps me sitting still in one place longer than 30 minutes…

will see what more colors the next few days will bring, counting on lighting up with bright!

into the new

drawing, inspiration, new work, other work

have been drawing a lot these past few month into the year, a way to release the tension of the world.

it helped.

these below from a first intense series in July…they have not title, for now.

july 2020 – drawing in progress
july 2020 – drawing in progress
drawing – 07.25.2020 – sharpies and other fun pens on watercolor paper – 5″x7″

pretty much the finished state…but it will matting and framing in due time!

new drawings

drawing, inspiration, other work, studio tales

picked up drawing again, healing the scattered idle time of being in-between things…

new drawings

new drawings

so parked a few tables upstairs under the aging skylight and have been climbing the stairs at night to a carved out space of non-thinking.

new drawings
almost…

for some reason, the lines on paper, the filling-in of color, the randomness of process (but sometimes not…) or maybe simple contrast from another side of making…

and then it’s up from there.

UP RiSiNg – color markers on paper, 8.5″ x 11″

house in cortona

paintings from long ago

other work

while in italy last fall for family matters, i re-discovered some of my old paintings, hanging here and there, somewhat in disarray, throughout my mother’s 11-room house. i spent time taking pictures of some of them, relishing all the past memories they carry with them.

i used to paint then, between breaks from the bench. below a few of them i am particularly fond of.

house in cortona

a snippet of the house in cortona (oil on board, 24″ x 24″-c. 1989)

this one was actually back at my time at california college of the arts ( (once called ccac), before they dropped the “un-artsy” last ‘c’ for crafts…

painting of playing the drum

playing the drum (12″ x 24″, c.1989)

 

back in the days when i lived in tuscany, out in the country in a very ‘non-cliche’ mode, my father once visited and stayed for a while. and i painted him. reading, he was always reading, and that is the way i will forever remember him. a legacy he left to me. we were kindred spirits…

painting my father

my father (oil on canvas, 48″ x 24″, c.1989)

and this one, a quick one of an upside model…

painting 'upsidedown'

upsidedown (oil on board, 12″ x 18″, c.1989)

 

 

And then there is drawing…

drawing, new work, other work, studio tales

drawings. matter-over-mind sketches.

it happened a few weeks ago, bumping yet into another pile of books … looking for boxes and older folders i could not find …. where ARE my drawings?

quickly, after a few minutes of deep desperation, i grabbed some color faded markers and a stack of A4 scrap paper and spun fun into motion again…

alongside the filing and the melting of my last silver just the other night, these are my walking sticks, warm-up exercises back to bench work, helpers, friends in the making.

some from the last days of february:

drawing_56
56 – color markers on scrap paper   11.5 x 8.25 inches c.
drawing_SyNk
SyNk – color markers on scrap paper  11.5 x 8.25 inches c.
drawing_No-tittLE
!No tittLE – color markers on scrap  paper     11.5 x 8.25 inches