chimera
13 January 2019
phoenix, perched
12 January 2019
The final one of four political haikus by Henry Thomas:
Obstructing justice.
Eroding waves, scouring shore.
Just read all the Tweets.
Thanks for the inspiration, Henry!
11 January 2019
possibly a sketch for the final Henry Thomas haiku
10 January 2019
The third of four political haikus by my friend Henry Thomas
“The best we will hire!”
Choking smoke, leaping gazelle:
there goes another one
9 January 2019
The second of Henry Thomas’ political haiku:
“The swamp shall be drained!”
A voice like strong summer’s gale
ahead of flooding rain.
8 January 2019
My friend Henry Thomas penned some haikus and requested illustrations. Here’s one of them:
Over all, need WALL!
Looming dark like thunderclouds,
and fish need red bikes!
7 January 2019
Instead of studio time this day, I joined a group of artists in a cozy Greenfield pub called Seymour. I made some preliminary sketches for a potential set of illustrations, then did this one since we were admiring the work of artists who do incredible things with ball point pens. It reminded me of all the doodles I’ve done in margins during classes in school and college.
6 January 2019
I’ve been feeling disconnected from inspiration lately. I’m glad to be in enough of a routine that it doesn’t stop me from putting something on the paper, but the muse is not really speaking to me. When I have time, then I guess I can just push colors and lines around and see if I can find my way back to something that sings.
5 January 2019
Another long day and short studio time. This was actually the second start; the first one bugged me so much I’m not even showing it. It’s on the other side of this page. Is that a violation of my own rules? I said I’d show whatever I drew on my daily page, I think this is the first time in 9 years I’ve given myself a do-over.
I suspect this year the ‘rules’ I set myself might change a little. I have a lot of piles of drawing-covered paper in my studio by now. More and more often, I’m going back later, to work and build on drawings I already posted. I originally started this blog to make sure I established a practice of doing the work every day. Now that’s pretty solid, and I want to figure out how to build on it.
I’ve been challenged to show my art in a gallery space at some point this year (the Art Salons don’t count) so I’ll have to start addressing what makes a work feel finished, and how do I display it.
I’m looking forward to a year of pushing my boundaries. I hope you also have some challenges and inspirations that are calling you to rise and meet them in a joyful way.
