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 Light & The Valley

2 new medium-sized ink drawings:

The Light, 2011, brush & ink on paper, 16.5" x 14".

The Valley, 2011, brush & ink on paper, 16.5" x 14".

The Fisher King

The drawing below is my half of this week's collaboration with NC Mallory -- he is on the West Coast of the USA & I'm on the East. Each week (approximately) we each do an ink drawing on a chosen subject (we take turns to choose) & by the end of the week we combine the drawings & upload them to Flickr. The Fisher King is a part of the Arthurian Holy Grail legend, and you can read more about him here.

The Fisher King, 2011, brush & ink on paper, 10" x 8".

Panic

A head on tinted paper again:

Panic, 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".

Boy

Head of a boy drawn on tinted paper...the tone of the gray gives the drawing more depth, I think.

Boy, 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...

Achilles' Last Stand

Another iconic figure drawing on tinted paper, this one referencing the recent "Puppet Oresteia" project with NZ poet, Jack Ross...

Achilles' Last Stand, 2011, brush & ink on tinted paper, 12" x 9".

The Man Who Found the Sea

Another new ink drawing of a figure on tinted paper...it has a monumental simplicity that I like...

The Man Who Found the Sea, 2011, brush & ink on tinted paper, 12" x 9".

Merlin 2

This is an attempt to get a better version of the Merlin drawing (see a few posts below). The earlier version, a digital photo, didn't pick up the tone of the paper very well. This one is better, though it was slightly too big for the scanner, so it's cropped a little (the signature, for example).

Merlin, 2011, brush & ink on tinted paper, 12" x 9". I think the color of the paper adds to the depth of the image.

Stumbler

Another ink drawing on tinted pastel paper (I like the texture & the color) of a figure -- this one is twisted & stumbling...could be a metaphor for a lot of things...

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

Parsifal

This is my half of the latest collaborative piece with artist NC Mallory (who is in LA), on the theme of Parsifal and his search for the Holy Grail:

Parsifal, 2011, brush & ink on paper, 10" x 8". You can see the combined works here, and the set of images (32 at this point) so far here.

Benediction

Another iconic drawing on tinted paper...

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

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".