By Chance

I did this pastel drawing about 10 years ago. I used to draw from my sub-conscious. Starting off with squiggly charcoal lines and letting the images emerge. The balding man with the dark beard used to appear quite frequently. This particular drawing was once

in a show in Denver. At the opening a man asked me who the bearded man was. When I began to tell him how he just showed up in my drawings usually taking center stage or placing himself in the background, it was then that I realized it was him that I was speaking to. His name was Steve and whether he places himself in center stage or in the background, we've been good friends ever since.

specimen jars

Still getting the cobwebs out

I still have more cobwebs to place.
Here are a few pics so far.
Enjoy!

City

City I and II
acrylic collage on paper
16 x 20
each

Hard To Swallow

Carnival I and II
acrylic collage on paper
both 16 x 20

She always had difficulty convincing her mother that her abstract paintings were non-objective. Upon further thought, she realized it wasn't just her mother.

She cringed when her mother thought that yesterday's paintings were about her teeth.

She hopelessly tried to defend herself with that ever useless monologue, "No mom, my work is strictly formal. It's only about the elements of art; line, color, shape, texture, and space."

But she only saw her daughter's ongoing and upcoming visits to the dentist. She couldn't get passed the teeth and gums. It was too hard for her to swallow.

Her art unexplained,

out there in a world that is confused,

only causing more confusion

and she wonders why.

Is it really only about nothing?

Branching

Branching I and II

acrylic collage on paper

both 16 x 20

Lovely Hat