TranceDrawing: November 2007

Welcome to my drawing blog!

I draw mainly with charcoal on very large paper. I prefer poses that last less than 15 minutes, because it forces me to draw very quickly. The faster I draw, the less I try to think may way to a good drawing. If I draw extremely fast, I enter a "drawing trance" and I stop thinking. At that point, I just draw. You could say I'm in the zone or the process just flows..whatever you call it, I find its the only way for me to draw well. There is a sense of fusion of subject and object. As in mediatation, oneness is briefly achieved (or perhaps realized is a better way to say it) and I momentarily find a peaceful place to rest from the incessant chatter of thinking.

Shows & Awards

• Portrait Show, Lowel Art Works 2010

• Collective Visions Gallery Juried Show 2009, work accepted

• Arts of Snohomish Juried Show 2008, "Honorable Mention" awarded

• Edmonds Art Festival 2008 Juried show, work accepted

• Collective Visions Gallery Show 2008, Bremerton, work accepted

• Arts of Snohomish Juried show 2007, work accepted
• Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival Juried Show 2007, 3rd place

• Edmonds Art Festival 2007 Juried Show, 3rd place drawing

• Edmonds Art Festival 2003 Juried show, work accepted

• EAFA Redmond Poets, Palettes & Pizzaz Show 1999, Winner, Best of Show

• Edmonds Art Festival 1999 Juried Show, 3rd place drawing

• Edmonds art Festival 1998 Juried show, 2nd place drawing

• Academy of Realist Art Student Show 1996 1st place

• Redmond Artsplash 1986 Juried show, work accepted

Solo Gallery Shows:

Bud's Jazz Records, Pioneer Square Seattle, WA 2001

LeRoi Gallery, Seattle, WA 1999

Group shows:

Lowell Art Works, "Nude Awakening" 2008, LAW figure drawing group show

TranceDrawing

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Laura glancing right

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Guy side angle, oil pastel on paper

Jules looking up, charcoal on paper

Guy smiling, 24" x 30" charcoal on paper

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