Pen and Ink Series #28: Fast and Slow Lines, LA, 2025

I’m reading about the art and philosophy of Paul Klee. He considers the definition of space to include the element of time. Klee is famous for his idea that a line is a point that has been taken for a walk. It takes a moment or two for a walk. Since lines are elements of pictorial space, time is part of space.

In my experiment below, I alternate between lines drawn quickly and slowly-drawn lines in creating surfaces. I don’t know what to make of these ‘hybrid’ surfaces. Perhaps an entirely slow-drawn line surface has a different quality than one made up of fast lines.

Pen and Ink Series #28: Fast and Slow Lines, LA, 2025
Fast and Slow Lines, LA, 2025
Pen and Ink Series #28
10×7″ 80# Smooth Surface
© 2025 Jack Davis

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