Boom Times - Memory drawings from the prior millenium (01)

Marker on paper.

Back in 1997, nothing could go wrong. Or so they said. They said a lot of things. I kept busy with the notepad, & fat black sharpie markers.

Tracing Paper Drawing 3

Tracing Paper Drawing 3, 2010. Mixed media on bond and tracing papers, 9×12, $168.

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Tracing Paper Drawing 2

Tracing Paper Drawing 2, 2010. Mixed media on bond and tracing papers, $95.

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Tracing Paper Drawing 1

Tracing paper drawing 1, 2010. Mixed media on bond and tracing paper, $65.

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Tracing Paper Drawing 2 Detail

Tracing Paper Drawing 2 detail, 2010. Mixed media on bond and tracing papers. Detail of a larger image, $95.

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Stitches

Dancer

Dancer, 2010, mixed media drawing on non-archival paper, approximately 3.5 × 3.5, $55.

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Flower

Anchor

Sentinel

Ink on paper.

Rubber Sheaths

These red wrapper leaves cover the shoot of the rubber plant, ficus elastica, as it grows. Once the shoot advances, the sheath drops off.

The Bass Strikes Again!

The Fifty Pound Bass

Mixed media on red rosin paper, 36 × 42, 2007

Magnetic Cartesian Irises

Magnetic drawing, 4 × 4, 2005.

Art Pimp On The Moon

Art Pimp On The Moon, 2008, ink and collage on paper, 11 × 17, $365. (non-archival paper)

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The Fifty Pound Bass

Mixed media on red rosin paper, approximately 36 × 42, 2007.

They say there's a fifty pound bass on the loose. Who could believe it? But sure enough, I had it--almost! Don't worry anglers, I'll be making another visit to the bass hideout.

Charcoal Man

Also see Charcoal Man #2

and

Charcoal Man 3.

Underwater Grasslands

Magnetic drawing, 4×4, 2005. See larger image and bid on ebay.

Hazelnut

Hazelnut. Ink on paper, 3"×5" c. 1994.

Jazz Fest 2005

One of the best jazz-fests ever. The day started out with heavy rain and incessant shout-outs that "the festival is open" - and indeed it was. The rain let off & diverse sounds filled the air.

Cheap Sunglasses. Ink on paper, 3"×5" c. 1994.

Twin Lobsters

Graphite and oil pastel on Rives BFK, 22×30.

Loopback

Permanent marker on paper, 3×5, c. 1993. From the book Reports from the Dead Museum.

Vase 1

Drawing, Graphite and Oil Pastel on Rives BFK paper, 22×30.

Memory Drawing of Lost Mardi Gras Monkey

On Mardi Gras day, one of the best throws I got was a little stuffed monkey. But I lost him somewhere in the French Quarter. All that remains is the memory, hence this memory drawing of the Lost Monkey.

Aluminum Chiaroscuro

Clean Ideas by Picabia

A portion of a notebook from 1990, in which I mentioned Picabia's phrase that "in order to have clean ideas, change them as often as you change your shirts."