Friday, January 31, 2014

Nude Unfinished

A drawing from the Tuesday Night drawing sessions at Argos Gallery. The short pose ended before I finished the drawing. That, I think, was a very good thing.

Nude Unfinished
Digital print (original art: charcoal & pastel on paper)
40 x 28

Friday, January 17, 2014

Drawings at an Exhibition

Details are being finalized for an exhibit of drawings from the Tuesday night drawing group that meets at Argos Gallery in Santa Fe. The opening is scheduled for March 7, 2014 at Argos Gallery. There should be a very interesting and wide range of styles exhibited. All submitted art will be drawings of poses that varied between 2 minutes to 45 minutes, so even drawings of longer poses should have a spontaneous and raw appeal.

Final details and the official invitation will be posted here in the near future.

Below are a couple of recent drawings from the Tuesday night group.



Florentine Print
Digital print
20" x 20"


Charcoal and white pastel

Charcoal with a dash of 16th Century parchment


Nude in a Green Room
Digital print
24" x 26"

Sienna Nude
Digital print
20" x 26"

January Pose
Digital print
20" x 26"





Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Tower at Dusk

Yesterday afternoon, New Year’s Eve, Robin and I went to the New Mexico Museum of Art in downtown Santa Fe to see the Renaissance to Goya exhibit (the only American venue for this exhibition). The exhibit included 132 drawings and prints by artist from four centuries, including Goya, Velazquez, Murillo, Zurbaran, & Ribera. Amazing stuff.

As I left the exhibit and walked through the museum's courtyard I noticed the late afternoon light illuminating the Pueblo-style tower, one of downtown's iconic landmarks. I grabbed a quick iPhone photo, then used Corel Painter X3 and Photoshop to create a 30" x 24" canvas.


Tower at Dusk
30" x 24"


Detail