The words on the top of the picture: "Notre Pere" is Our father in French. I'm always grateful to my father for igniting the artistic spark in me. The elephant symbolizes grace, strength, memory and gratitude to me... When making art, one must allow themselves grace to. explore materials and make mistakes; strength to allow … Continue reading Gratitude – Music-book Doodles 2022
Discombobulated – Music-book Doodles 2022
I'm sure I took this idea from another artist I saw on Pinterest during one of many "weird animal drawings" searches. The colours and dimensions might have been changed from the original, but the disconnected bird-head floating far in front of the non-bird-body feels familiar. The strange, nowhere, dreamlike atmosphere of the composition is only … Continue reading Discombobulated – Music-book Doodles 2022
Angular Dog – Music-book Doodles 2022
The matter-of-factness of some animals hits me right in the funny bone. y cats and dog all stop at odd noises and make the funniest faces. I hoped to capture that funny, curious, inquiring face in this illustration. The angular lines are meant to depict the rigid and sudden stance taken by my pets when … Continue reading Angular Dog – Music-book Doodles 2022
Simple Beauty – Music-book Doodles 2022
Maybe she's not perfect, but she is beautiful. What makes her beautiful to me, I will keep to myself. I think all judgements of beauty are completely and should be completely subjective. In my experience, it isn't the individual features that dictate beauty, but rather how they interact and the way a person's mannerisms act … Continue reading Simple Beauty – Music-book Doodles 2022
Purple Cow – Music-book Doodles 2022
The tail brings it all together... it moves and allows the calmness of the cow's face as it looks across the field at us to come through. The colours are wonderfully complimentary and I would love to see the world in these exact t colours. The outlines on the cow both give it volume and … Continue reading Purple Cow – Music-book Doodles 2022
Inquisitiveness – Music-book Doodles 2022
The look, the gaze, the pose of this character is curious. What is it looking at? he subject is mysterious, almost ancient Egyptian, but with a strangely modern twist... the striped shirt. The white-ish slab behind the figure adds to the hieroglyphic feel. The contradictions in the composition, including the music notes behind the figure, … Continue reading Inquisitiveness – Music-book Doodles 2022
Foolish Mind – Music-book Doodles 2022
The fool is a wonderful character to play with... they are full of drama, intrigue, deceit, and secrets... all hiding under their humorous facade. They hold tremendous power, but never the opportunity to use it. Remarkably dispensable in all social situations. Perhaps feared as they are always present and seem to be listening when people … Continue reading Foolish Mind – Music-book Doodles 2022
Day Labourer – Music-book Doodles 2022
I have to say that I'm feeling very conflicted by my title and subject of this drawing. I love naive art and how salt-of-the-earth people are portrayed in it. However, I realize the subjects are often victims of colonization and racial oppression. I see so much beauty in natural faces and raw expressions, but I … Continue reading Day Labourer – Music-book Doodles 2022
Danger Fish – Music-book Doodles 2022
Like the terrifying angler fish one can see on those great nature shows, this guy probably lurks around the water... only near the surface, instead of in the depths. The idea of such a toothy horror floating just below the surface embodies my irrational fears of swimming in open waters. I could blame that fear … Continue reading Danger Fish – Music-book Doodles 2022
Curiosity – Music-book Doodles 2022
While drawing this one, I felt the subject was curious about what might be ahead of it... an optimism regarding its future. Maybe even just curious about its feeling for the music playing in the background. Now some time later after drawing it, an odd memory came to mind in the following words... Topo Gigio... … Continue reading Curiosity – Music-book Doodles 2022
The New Renaissance Mindset 