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Slow
Draw: The Ant's Journey
Line drawings, ink on handmade paper
In this series of line drawings, once again paper
plays a significant role. The handmade, colored papers from Tibet and
Nepal used in this series embody something of the character, feelings,
and skills of those far-off paper makers, and I view my work as an unspoken
collaboration with them.
The controlled, meditative process of drawing line upon line demands exhaustive
patience and abiding commitment. While the cumulative irregularities of
my hand's movements eventually evolve into rippling rhythms and forms,
the serendipitous events require constant vigilance. The smallest quiver
can become a broad gesture, and a sweeping movement may be reduced to
nothing. Where and how lines start and stop, and when and how they intersect
all are critical considerations. The image surfaces incrementally after
making hundreds of such slow, decisive journeys across the paper.
As much as they represent spiritual and physical journeys, these pieces
are imaginings of fingerprints, the flow of coursing water, aerial topographies,
or the path of the determined ant; the ambiguity suggestive of a macro
or microcosm of the natural world.
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above Untitled
(line drawing), 30 "h x 20"w,
Ink on handmade Lokta paper [sold]
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