TranceDrawing: December 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