graphite only

Loops

2012-01-11T20:10:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Layered Lines

2011-12-09T22:03:00.000-06:00

Waiting Filled In

2011-11-10T01:18:00.000-06:00

Here's another drawing I started while waiting in line to see a film. This time I filled in the shapes I drew.

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Modules

2011-10-07T01:43:00.001-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Waiting

2011-09-11T21:30:00.000-05:00

This loose sketch was completed while I waited in line for a film.

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

When Roads Curve

2011-08-10T22:13:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Curlies

2011-07-11T23:37:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Remains of a Grid

2011-06-11T23:07:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Shades of Gray

2011-05-12T09:10:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Little Rocks

2011-04-11T00:59:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Hidden Circles

2011-03-10T15:32:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Grid Wave

2011-02-09T15:40:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Cross Roads

2011-01-10T18:47:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Borders

2010-12-09T19:51:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Writing Lines

2010-11-09T01:24:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Maze

2010-10-09T19:37:00.002-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Interlocked

2010-09-10T20:23:00.001-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Spaghetti Junction

2010-08-09T15:04:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Striped Circles

2010-07-09T15:27:00.000-05:00

This drawing began with a circle template. Inside each circle I made gestural lines. Then I put the drawing aside for a while, not knowing how I would finish. It was months later I decided to go back finish it. Given the “oohs” and “ahs” from folks watching me finish this sketch, I will probably pursue more drawings like this one.

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Fantasy Grid

2010-06-10T00:29:00.000-05:00

I started this sketch back in October during the New Orleans Film Festival. The drawing gave me something to work on while waiting for the next film to begin. I finally finished it January. Like similar grids, before this one, I kept the direction open-ended. I wasn’t worried about keeping shapes a certain way or having a specific formula for the whole image.

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Tangles

2010-05-07T21:13:00.001-05:00

This one took a while now to complete.

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Copeland's

2010-04-09T00:32:00.000-05:00

This drawing took a while to complete. I began it when I went to a Copeland's Restaurant. You will notice the similarity of this one to Fox and Hound Shaded. In this one I wanted the effect of a map. I've been on a tangent with map-like drawings.

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Just Add Circles

2010-03-09T22:57:00.003-06:00

The title “Just Add Circles” is my reaction to a recent online design trend that includes groupings of concentric circles as a pattern. Anyway, I played with circles inside circles, but I made it my own. Also, I drew vertical lines to break up my shapes as a positive/negative space game – if you will. I rendered the piece with graphite on Reeves BFK paper. It is a rag paper that can take a lot of abuse.

This is one of several pieces that I created using current Internet themes. I used different media for each work. They were all completed for a group show last summer.

graphite on paper, 19.875" x 25.875"

Warp

2010-02-10T00:19:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Boxed Leaves

2010-01-11T22:34:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Centerline

2009-12-07T23:14:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Bottleneck

2009-11-08T01:34:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Bamboo Pattern

2009-10-06T17:07:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Continuous Corners

2009-09-06T15:10:00.000-05:00

At one of the free film screenings I started this drawing. As I mentioned in a previous post, there have been fewer of them.

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Eclectic Connections

2009-08-10T22:54:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Dinosaurs Shaded

2009-07-08T22:13:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Bugs Shaded

2009-06-06T22:54:00.000-05:00

These shapes were generated form a book of stencils of bugs. I overlapped them multiple times and then shaded them. I played with negative and positive shapes as I did this. It took a very long time.

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Basket Shaded

2009-05-14T21:06:00.001-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Circles Shaded

2009-04-15T20:06:00.000-05:00

To begin this one I drew circles using a template. I kept overlapping circles of varying sizes. I shaded some in and then erased lines in different places. To finish I erased even more.

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Fox & Hound Shaded

2009-03-16T23:20:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Keys Shaded

2009-02-17T00:29:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Change Shaded

2009-01-18T13:41:00.001-06:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Foot Shaded

2008-12-03T01:14:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Hand Shaded

2008-11-22T01:12:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

2008-10-22T01:00:00.001-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Gesture Rocks Shaded

2008-09-26T23:31:00.000-05:00

In the next sketch I thought I should add shapes that people would more easily recognize. So I went for oval ones. On previous occasions I’ve made them into rocks. On time, someone did ask me if they were potatoes. Whatever they really are, I liked what happened in this sketch. I also had fun playing a cubist visual game of overlapping planes in the same piece.

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Gestural Lines

2008-08-15T23:30:00.000-05:00

When I was younger, I used to love drawing random gestural lines and then going back to find shapes created by them. I also used to color inside the shapes I created. In college, an art professor told me that my gestural lines were stronger than the lines I normally drew. One recent evening, while passing time at an art gallery reception, I started a doodle that went back to that way of working. My recent images have been so tight that I thought I should now try to loosen up again.

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Maze

2008-07-22T23:24:00.000-05:00

Here's a drawing I made using a new set of pencils I picked up at the recent national art educators convention. My drawing turned a bit messy as I worked on it.

graphite on paper, 5.5" x 8.5"

Corners

2008-06-29T12:18:00.000-05:00

This piece was created for a show that hung June 1st - 13 th at the Louisiana State Archives in Baton Rouge. It's been a while since I've made a formal finished graphite artwork.

graphite on paper, 17.625" x 25.125

Plant

2008-05-01T23:10:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 26.5" x 34.5"

Explosion

2008-04-02T23:46:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 25.25" x 33.5"

Scribbling

2008-03-12T23:47:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 11" x 15"

Weave

2008-02-22T23:43:00.001-06:00

grapite on paper, 11" x 15"

Tangle

2008-01-03T13:38:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 11" x 15"

Ice Water

2007-12-12T23:14:00.000-06:00

graphite on sketchbook paper

Napkin Rolled

2007-11-20T01:17:00.000-06:00

graphite on sketchbook paper

Ball Point

2007-10-06T11:38:00.000-05:00

graphite on sketchbook paper

Salt Shaker

2007-09-20T20:20:00.000-05:00

graphite on sketchbook paper

Laundry Cart Wheel

2007-08-28T18:18:00.000-05:00

graphite on sketchbook paper

Peanut

2007-07-24T20:56:00.000-05:00

graphite on sketchbook paper

Electrical Outlet

2007-06-11T10:45:00.000-05:00

graphite on sketchbook paper

Fancy Pen

2007-05-03T01:57:00.000-05:00

graphite on sketchbook paper

Long Handled Tea Spoon

2007-04-20T21:12:00.000-05:00

graphite on sketchbook paper

Ash Tray

2007-03-26T00:55:00.000-05:00

graphite on sketchbook paper

Lemon

2007-02-06T23:54:00.000-06:00

graphite on sketchbook paper

Dead Bolt Lock

2007-01-29T11:52:00.000-06:00

graphite on sketchbook paper

Pepper Grinder

2006-12-08T14:37:00.000-06:00

graphite on sketchbook paper

Faucet

2006-11-28T16:48:00.000-06:00

graphite on sketchbook paper

Dresser Knob

2006-10-14T19:37:00.000-05:00

A few years ago I drew some sketches from life. Normally I work abstractly. Here are several sketches of small objects I rendered while sitting and waiting in different locations, i.e., restaurants, laundromat, home and my classroom.

graphite on sketchbook paper

Range

2006-09-04T17:20:00.000-05:00

graphite on illustration board, 9" x 12"

Looks Like Painting

2006-09-02T15:35:00.000-05:00

Some folks have said the expressive way I use graphite almost looks like a painting. I studied under an artist who worked experimentally with drawing media. He used to tell us that we needed to ask ourselves "why not?"

Five Arms

2006-08-02T15:14:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 8 1/2" x 11"

Laser Eye

2006-07-11T19:32:00.000-05:00

grahpite on paper, 3" x 6"

Smiley Burst

2006-06-16T17:34:00.000-05:00

I wanted to do something "Pop". Finishing was the hardest part.

graphite on paper, 12" x 18"

Stomp

2006-05-11T23:35:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 16" x 20.75"

Slow Dancin'

2006-04-21T23:30:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 17" x 20.75"

Slam Dancin'

2006-03-07T23:20:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 17.5" x 19.75"

Trinity

2006-02-01T23:40:00.000-06:00

During a spring break from college, I went with a group to a mission in Mexico . . . one of the churches we visited used shamrocks symbolically in stained glass to represent the "Holy Trinity" This piece began as a demo for a group of students at a Catholic high school . . .

graphite on paper, 18.25" x 24.5"

Gotta Be an Angel

2006-01-08T10:15:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 19" x 22.75"

Weeds

2005-12-01T00:15:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 16.75" x 17"

Yes, It's Just Graphite!

2005-11-02T12:00:00.000-06:00

These pieces were created only using graphite on Reeves BFK paper . . . etchers use it in thier work . . . I like the rag texture . . . it takes a lot of abuse . . . that is good when you need to erase.

Twist

2005-11-01T23:05:00.000-06:00

graphite on paper, 22" x 30"