water falls
ALT: graphite and ink drawing. two beings, humanoid but with teddy bear ears, seem to be playing in a waterfall or dome, with maybe rain outside. some trails of imaginary writing on the walls or in the water.
28 May 2025
Category Archives: Original Art Available
27 May 2025
busybug
I’m back from my cold and wet hiatus. Many lovely moments despite the weather. But very nice to be warm and dry, and cycling through massive piles of laundry.
ALT: water-soluble crayon drawing, zoomed in on a fanciful colorful bug-like critter. it’s yellow-green, has magenta spots in a line down its side, and some improbable number of spiky thorn-like legs.
20 May 2025
travel anxiety
I’m about to head out for a long weekend stay in unheated space, with the forecast being rainy and temps in the 30’s and 40s (fahrenheit). I may not make any art! The challenge of staying warm and dry might just be enough for now.
spare thoughts for the homeless, for people whose dwellings and towns have been bombed, for people who are losing any sense of security.
gratitude that I will (insh’allah) be returning to loving family and warm, dry housing at the end of the trip.
ALT: graphite and crayon drawing, really not much more than a scribble. I think it looks like a rather over-dramatic heron creature, emoting about their personal difficulties.
19 May 2025
their majesty metal bug
ALT: crayon drawing, abstract, in gold and red. These are shapes I like to draw. This looks to me like a portrait of an insect, with curly antennae and a red cape.
8 May 2025
armored elegance
ALT: ink and graphite drawing, abstracted bust of someone with a smooth face like a shield, plumes on their head, from the side view they are looking over their shoulder, past you. In reds and dark purple. the shoulder also seems armored, and maybe a large metal ear ornament.
17 May 2025
glyphic messenger
ALT: ink drawing. stylized, calligraphic figure of a running being, carrying a spiral like a seashell or shield, their “head” is four apostrophes with lines above and below, and three exclamations like plumes on top. Decorative swirly things in brown and black border the sides of the page.
16 May 2025
seabird
ALT: ink drawing, abstract, a duck or gull-like avian floating on water under a big red sun
15 May 2025
another hole in the middle of everything
ALT: color pencil drawing, abstract. There’s a circle in the middle of the page (slightly off-center to the right) it’s reddish brown. Inside the circle is blue, with white scribbles, and light blue lines radiating out from the center, all the way to the edges of the page. Outside the circle are spinny lines that seem as if it’s rotating counter-clockwise. Soft bands of colors alternate: yellow, green, lilac, and blue.
14 May 2025
a hole in the middle
ALT: ink drawing, abstract. Meditative noodling with spray bottle and various tools. The title refers to the white spot in nearly the exact center of the page, with pink shading around it that makes it readable as a hole or a nipple. So there are dark purple networks and masses that look like lichen-covered branches, and swirls and streaks of pink, yellow and a blue which on the original is more peacock than royal. I’m distressed that I wasn’t able to color-balance the scan to reproduce that.
13 May 2025
plowing around potholes
ALT: graphite and ink drawing, referencing a photo from March 1987 National Geographic, an aerial view of a field with plow lines working around two potholes that are evidently wildlife conservation spots in N. Dakota. So, the potholes are two reddish spots surrounded by wide looping black bands of plowed field, and the whole is striated with straight fine lines.
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