Page from 2013 Sketchbook Project

This is a page from the sketchbook that I recently sent to the Brooklyn Art Library to become a part of their 2013 Sketchbook Project. These are studies of athletic figures in action using ink, watercolor, gouache and acrylic air brush on paper.

Study Drawing

Study from Goya, 'Saturn Devouring His Son', graphite on paper, 10/2011

Drawing 10/2011

Graphite on paper, 'Landscape', 7" x 7", 10/2011

California Studio, July 2011

This is a recent photo of my California Studio. Yes, its a mess. Enjoy!

Recent Work in California Studio

Sketch, graphite on paper.

Recent sketch in California Studio

Recent Sketch, graphite on paper.

Work in California Studio, continued

Crayon on Paper, Portrait

Work in California Studio, continued

Crayon on paper, Untitled

Work in California Studio, continued

Crayon on paper, Seated Figure

Ink on board, Portrait

Ink on board, Figure in Landscape

California Studio - the 'Desert Hut'

This is an interior shot of my studio in Twentynine Palms, California, known as the 'Desert Hut'.

The painting on the right is 'Competition', the painting on the left is a portrait with a series of other canvases that are stapled to the wall beneath it.

When working like this, the painting on top leaves a residue on the painting directly under it. Architects often speak of the notion of palimpsest, where an aspect of the city or a previous building are left as a residual element in a new architectural construction. Extending this concept to painting, I'm discovering similar possibilities with the stacking and subsequent removal of paintings stapled directly to the wall one atop another.

This image can give you a sense of the various scales of work that I'm engaged in developing, ranging from small sketches to what I would call mid-sized canvases.

CA Sketches

Graphite on Paper.  Seated Figure study of a work in progress.

CA Sketches

Graphite on Paper - developed study of the 'three figure' composition.

CA Sketches

Graphite on Paper.

CA Sketches

Graphite on Paper

CA Sketches

Graphite on Paper.

CA Sketches

Graphite on Paper.  This is one of a series of works based on the drive to California from Phoenix.

CA Sketches

Seated Figure study sketch.

California Period drawing

I've been working in the California Desert for the past several months, both as an architect and artist.  I've established a studio and am able to work on paintings that are up to 6' x 8' in dimension, which is a good size for the way I work.  This particular sketch is a beginning study for an architectural landscape idea that I'm still evolving in my mind.