The Colors of Dawn

My favourite times of the day are dawn and dusk; that in between time when possibility opens and closes, that time of light so tender.

Colors of Dawn 7, 2016

Colors of Dawn 7, 2016

Colors of Dawn 8, 2016

Colors of Dawn 13, 2016

Day 5, [the last day] 2010’s

Day 5, [the last day] 2010’s, it  seems to be a time of going back, to drawing, pencils, ink, paper, and my hands. I have always wanted a marriage of my inner and outer worlds; my love of simplicity, order, rationality, and beauty with my love of chaos, mess, fragments, layers and contradiction and beauty. We’ll see what happens.

Hands, 2013

The 64, from "The Coffee Cantata", 2013

A Blue World, 2013, mixed media on paper, 66 in x 150 in

Now I See, 2013, accordion book

Studio wall, 2014, ink on Japanese paper

The Grids

When I started my blog 4 years ago I searched for a way to organize my photos and started to use a grid; it's wonderful structure with endless possibilities and a structure I love exploring. So when I first conceived of how The Voice of the Line would be organized I knew that grids would be a large part. It's the last weekend for the exhibition at Galerie Art Plus, so if you haven't had a chance to drop by please do; 8 rue Maple, Sutton, and the hours are from 1 - 5pm.

The Black Notebook, 8.5 x 8.5 image, 13 x 13 framed, mixed media on black Cranston paper

Altered Drawings, 11 x 11in image, 20.5 x 20.5 in framed, digital on Somerset paper

The Fierceness of Winter, 14.5 x 14.4 in image, 20 x 20 in framed, mixed media on paper

The Voice of the Line, 15.5 x 11 in image, 20.5 x 16.75 framed, ink on Japanese paper

Putting Away

There was a stack of drawings in the corner of the studio that I needed to go through. What stays, what goes, what gets cut up, what's garbage and what might be useful for collage. Final decision, theses stay. And because I have been needing to make some grids, I thought I'd see how the keepers worked in a grid.

Winter drawings, mixed media

As I was making the grid I wondered how just one drawing would work, would there be enough in each square to work. I will need to play with this more.

One drawing in a grid