scent memory

ALT: crayon and graphite drawing, abstract decorative, with wavy lines, spirals, viney leaves and soft colors.

And what I actually spent most of my time on, another darn star:

ALT: a 6-petal flower of yarn and embroidery floss woven and crocheted over a pipe-cleaner framework. The colors are graded shades of blue, but my scanner doesn’t like to reproduce that turquoise shade, so it looks like there’s more purple and teal than in reality.

weavers

ALT: crayon. four horizontal lines, with brown blocks between them like spacers. each line is being grasped by robot or insect-like arms and pincers. they appear tangled, but are staying out of each others’ way.

And what is being woven? In my studio, it’s more of these darn stars.

hug your pet?

ALT: water-soluble crayon, abstract. orange, purple and green stripey background, black lines form something that could be seen as a person holding a pet, or maybe a smaller person. who can say. maybe I watched that beaver kit reel too many times.

Meanwhile, if you’re wondering why all my drawings lately look like I spent 15 minutes or less on them, it’s because I’m spending most of my studio time on these. more darn stars, they seem to be my art-making comfort food at the moment. I’m rolling with it.

ALT: six flower shapes made of yarn and embroidery floss woven around pipe cleaner frames.

fastangle

ALT: water-soluble crayon and pencil, abstract, basically a bunch of squiggly lines in green, orange and purple. they resemble string or something organic.

And also, part of why my drawings of late have been so fast and loose is that I’ve given in to my frequent wintertime passion for tying knots. Here’s a bit of what I’ve been doing at my table, instead of drawing or painting.

ALT: five stars made with pipe-cleaners, and woven and sewn yarn. a variety of color and stitch patterns. Two are 5-pointed, the rest with six points. I call them “darn stars” as they use various techniques for mending holes in clothing.

the Guardian, one more time. I’m posting the first two versions below the ALT text, as well as the original National Geographic photo, just to have them all in one place.

ALT: crayon drawing referencing that same photo of the elephant poacher guard leaning on a spear. It is pretty much completely abstracted in this version, with the gold robe, green and reddish ground, and a purple arc of sky. Below are the original photo reference, and the two previous drawing interpretations I’ve posted.