SHADOW GUIDE
What is the purpose of traditional field guides? They identify, dissect, and attempt to give order to the wildness and unpredictability of nature. Instead of a scientific study of plants, my field guide celebrates mystery. As I draw a plant on a white background, the shadows become extra petals and stems, add new textures, drift, and mimic. A metaphor reveals itself.
I set up my specimens with colored lighting. I play with suspending plants from the ceiling or arcing them out from walls to create unusual shadows. I use a combination of soft pastel, oil pastel, ink, and colored pencil for each work on paper.
What is the purpose of traditional field guides? They identify, dissect, and attempt to give order to the wildness and unpredictability of nature. Instead of a scientific study of plants, my field guide celebrates mystery. As I draw a plant on a white background, the shadows become extra petals and stems, add new textures, drift, and mimic. A metaphor reveals itself.
I set up my specimens with colored lighting. I play with suspending plants from the ceiling or arcing them out from walls to create unusual shadows. I use a combination of soft pastel, oil pastel, ink, and colored pencil for each work on paper.
Cling
9" x 12"
oil pastel, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
9" x 12"
oil pastel, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
Separation
9" x 12"
oil pastel, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
9" x 12"
oil pastel, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
Summon
8.5" x 8"
soft pastel, ink, colored pencil on paper
8.5" x 8"
soft pastel, ink, colored pencil on paper
Scale
ink, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
ink, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
Elegy
ink, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
ink, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
Detach
oil pastel, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
oil pastel, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
Waver
ink, gouache, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
ink, gouache, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
Departure
oil pastel, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
oil pastel, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
Episode
acrylic, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
acrylic, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
Lapse
ink, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
ink, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
Flare
8" x 8"
oil pastel, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
8" x 8"
oil pastel, soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
Concertina
soft pastel, colored pencil on paper
soft pastel, colored pencil on paper