The Most Terrifying Angel of All

A reference to Rilke's Duino Elegy I. I might make a larger version of this...

The Most Terrifying Angel of All, 2013, acrylic on board, 12" x 9".

A Sonnet for Orpheus

It's been a while since I did a substantial drawing, having been concerned recently more with painting. Here is a large-ish drawing I did today. Just trying to keep my skills up.

A Sonnet for Orpheus, 2012, brush & ink on paper, 23.5" x 18".

Far Beyond Good and Evil

Rilkean angelic head again (see a couple posts below) I guess...reminds me why I should get back to painting...

Far Beyond Good and Evil, 2012, ink & acrylic on cardboard, 11" x 8" approx.

Rilke's Angel

My drawing from 2000, Rilke's Angel, has just appeared on the Disability Arts Online (UK) web site in a blog posting by Nicole Hodges...she wrote & asked me if she could use it to go with her Rilke-inspired poem, After Rilke's ninth elegy (which is very good, btw), & I said yes. Here, below, is the drawing again:

Rilke's Angel, 2000, brush & ink on paper, 25.75" x 19.25" approx.

Orpheus | Angel

This is another new drawing for the Heaven and Hell series. The title refers to Rainer Maria Rilke's two most important poetic works, The Duino Elegies (from whence I have borrowed a number of angels) and the Sonnets to Orpheus.

Orpheus | Angel, 2011, brush & ink on paper, 16.5" x 14".

Every Angel Is Terrifying

Back in the land of Rilke & the Duino Elegies:


Every Angel Is Terrifying, 2010, brush & ink on paper, 8" x 8".

A Lament

For Rilke:


A Lament, 2010, brush & ink on paper, 11" x 8.5".