When I was young I would lie on my back and stare into the sky watching the forming clouds churn & dissolve and reform like magic. Once during a dry heat storm I spotted a funnel cloud winding its torulous body into life. It was alive! These drawings incarnate this awakening.
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Cusp
Acrylic, silica, glair, gouache, graphite on wood panel
20 x 20 inches, 1999		 untitled-s
Acrylic, silica, ink, graphite on wood panel
20 x 20 inches, 1999
   
Fish Island
Acrylic, silica, graphite on wood panel
20 x 20 inches, 2002		 Fast Hook
Acrylic, silica, eraser dust, graphite on wood panel
20 x 20 inches, 2002
   
Using a woodless pencil that is hand sharpend to a long tapered point, the spiral drawings usually begin from a center point in the page. The spiral grows in accordance with the attributes of the line's past. They are executed in one sitting. The drawing below right began from the outer periphery and grew inwards.
spiral-untitled I
Graphite on cotton rag paper
36 x 24 inches, 1996
 spiral-untitled II
Graphite on cotton rag paper
36 x 24 inches, 1996
   
Installation view with spiral drawing on wall
   
spiral-untitled III
Graphite on cotton rag paper
36 x 24 inches, 1996		 spiral-untitled IV
Graphite on cotton rag paper
36 x 24 inches, 1996
   
Degrees of Separation I
Graphite on cotton rag paper
36 x 24 inches, 1996		 Degrees of Separation II
Graphite on cotton rag paper
36 x 24 inches, 1996
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