Pen and Ink Series #39: Uncomfortable Man, LA, 2025
This man is feeling so bad, he does not even fit comfortably on the page.
Tag Archives: artistic expression
Pen and Ink Series #36: Crazy Refraction, LA, 2025
Pen and Ink Series #33: Ribbons, LA, 2025
Pen and Ink Series #26: Vibrations, LA, 2025
Pen and Ink Series #12: Opposing Forces, LA, 2025
I like to start at the top of the page, drawing my line in a curve toward the bottom. The rest of the process is a matter of balance.
Pen and Ink Series #11: Icons from the Back of My Eyelids, LA, 2025es
When I go to bed each night I pay attention to the images that form in front of my closed eyes. Across the dark background there are strands of light, and dark patches that sometimes coalesce into recognizable faces or other images. Last night I saw the letter, omega, and a small cross-hatched grid. I […]
Pen and Ink Series #10: All Systems Go, LA, 2025
Pen and Ink Series #9: Forest, LA, 2025
I started with the idea of applying a set of rules to determine where to draw the branches and how long to make them. I abandoned that idea as restrictive and not that interesting. For the remainder of the ‘trees’ I drew the branches in a way that seemed pleasing to me. [Note: the growth […]
Pen and Ink Series #8: Collateral Circulation, LA, 2025
This is an elaboration of the bruise sketch of yesterday’s post.
Pen and Ink Series #7: Bruise, LA, 2025
Why would a black and white line drawing named ‘Bruise’? When one thinks of a bruise, one could imagine a riot of colors from all over the spectrum (mainly black and blue – some red and orange perhaps). The patterns of a massive bruise I have on my leg from a fall last week gave […]
