“Siesta”

Silverpoint Drawing
5×10″ prepared paper

An ordinary glass sphere with natural elements - that idea has been behind much of my work from the 1990s to this point. I’ve stopped wondering why and just go with it.

Cinnamon sticks with glass sphere…I like the contrasting textures and shapes of these objects, and their natural elegance. Look for these in a upcoming painting.

See many other pieces from my Meditations series on this blog and on My Website.

Please email me for purchase of this silverpoint drawing for $100.

“An Elegant Shell”

Silverpoint Drawing
5×7″ prepared paper

Nature constantly inspires! I’ve seen many lathe-turned wooden vessels whose shapes are similar to the body of this elegant shell.

Silverpoint is a drawing that is rendered with a wire of silver. This was used extensively during the Renaissance era, before the graphite pencil simplified things. The drawing surface must be “prepared” with a slightly textured formula that lightly abrades the silver. The metallic silver lines that are left will gradually tarnish (oxidize) to a sepia tone.

I prepare fine papers and panels with various tints of color: ocher, blue-gray, salmon-pink, green-gray and lavender. Visit my website to see a broader range of work in silverpoint and my other mediums.