Tendrilhead

An ink drawing of a head on blue-gray tinted paper. Related to the Tree Man series of pieces.

Tendrilhead, 2011, brush & ink on tinted paper, 12" x 9".

Head On

New brush pen drawing on tinted paper with white acrylic. I don't very often draw heads face on, so this is a little departure for me.

Head On, 2011, ink & acrylic on tinted paper, 12" x 9".

Lonely Man and Mountains

My latest melancholy head:

Lonely Man and Mountains, 2011, brush & ink on tinted paper, 12" x 9".

Woman in a Storm

The latest in a series of somewhat iconic heads done in ink (mostly) on tinted paper. The paper is actually Canson pastel paper, so it has a surface texture not intended for ink drawing (ink drawing paper tends to be smooth), but I find that I like/need a surface texture to work against.

Woman in a Storm, 2011, brush & ink on tinted paper, 12" x 9".

Cathedral of Ice

This is another ink drawing on tinted paper that I did for the "Journey to Somewhere" collaboration with artist Barry Farmer.

Cathedral of Ice, 2011, brush & ink on tinted paper, 12" x 9".

The Golem's Dream

I've drawn the Golem before, but this time the reddish, earthy tint of the paper helped give a sense of the clay composing the creature...

The Golem's Dream, 2011, china marker & ink on tinted paper, 12" x 9".

The Girl with the Faraway Eyes

Another otherworldly head on tinted paper.

The Girl with the Faraway Eyes, 2011, china marker with ink on tinted paper, 12" x 9".

Thanks to The Rolling Stones for providing me with a title for this drawing.

Sleeping in the Wilderness

Another drawing on tinted paper (I bought a new pad of Canson pastel paper), this time featuring the "fetal figure" that tends to appear from time to time...

Sleeping in the Wilderness, 2011, china marker & ink on tinted paper, 12" x 9".

Keeper of the Spheres

Final tinted paper drawing (until I get some more Canson pastel paper...)

Keeper of the Spheres, 2011, brush & ink on tinted paper, 12" x 9".

The Honest Man

I find that working on the tinted paper is giving my drawings a bit of a new dimension, letting me go a little further into them, adding a little sensitivity, perhaps. We'll see where this leads...

The Honest Man, 2011, brush & ink on tinted paper, 12" x 9".

A Glimpse of the Ineffable

Another ink drawing on the tinted paper:

A Glimpse of the Ineffable, 2011, brush & ink on tinted paper, 12" x 9".

You only get a glimpse, it seems. Any more might kill you...

Merlin

I called this one "Merlin", as that is what it made me think of...

Merlin, 2011, brush & ink on tinted pastel paper, 12" x 9".