Knife (2024), ink, marker, charcoal on paper.
Line exploration; used to explore mark-making techniques and elements (texture, pattern, value, etc).
Thumbnails & planning for TRAGEDY (2024).
Tragedy (2024), oil pastels on paper.
Ghost of the Heart (2024), akua ink on paper. Monoprint pulled from gelli plate.
Initial print before pulling the ghost print.
Cut out shapes and planning of the composition of Ghost of the Heart.
Oracle (2024), acrylic, paint marker, and oil pastel on paper.
From Grace (2024), acrylic, paint marker, and oil pastel on paper.
Revolve/Resolve (2024), acrylic, paint marker, and oil pastel on paper.
Base layer for Oracle.
Base layer for Revolve/Resolve.
Base layer for From Grace.
Tree of Jon (2024), acrylic, ink, and chalk pastels on paper.
Starry Embrace of Life & Death (2024), acrylic, ink, and chalk pastels on paper.
The Rion Trees (2024), acrylic, ink, and chalk pastels on paper.
Who am I? Who are You? (2024), ceramic.
Lotus in Bloom (2024), colored pencil & ink on paper.
Design utilizing a primary triadic color scheme, made as a patch.
Planning for color scheme pieces.
Original idea that evolved into Lotus in Bloom.
Watcher's Crown (2024), collage.
Masquerade (2024), collage.
Views from the Other Side (2024), collage.
Lonely Event (2024), collage.
Journey of the Magi (2024), collage.
In progress photo of me working on the collages above. As I was cutting out my pieces, I was arranging them and planning for how different elements could be used, either in the piece I was working on or in others I was planning.
Planning/practice and closeups for Human Presence.
Human Presence (2024), alcohol marker, graphite, ink, chalk pastels, and oil pastels on paper.
Bonus Round!
Organic notan used to explore shapes and space.
Geometric notan used to explore shapes & space.
Figurative thumbnails in preparation for my Jylian Gustlin style study miniseries (Oracle, From Grace, and Revolve/Resolve).
Thumbnails used to explore the techniques used to convey depth. Thumbnail exploring value/color served as the basis behind Journey of the Magi.
Thumbnails used to explore compositional techniques and help build concepts behind collages. Watcher's Crown builds on the pyramid thumbnail, Masquerade uses the unpredictable grid thumbnail, and Views from the Other Side uses the reverse cruciform thumbnail.