As promised, I've continued there pup in colour series and I'm still not sure I'm done with it... Here's the last Pup. I came across an image of a puppy face that reminded me of the expression of curiosity I so often see on my puppy's face. It was a black and white drawing and … Continue reading Pup in Black – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
Earlier days – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
Drawn after "Age is a Mindset", as a result of reflecting on why I wanted to have long hair on these self-portraits. n my early twenties, my hair was very long and sleeked back behind my ears... like many middle-aged men, I selectively pick the joys of my earlier life to reminisce upon and portray … Continue reading Earlier days – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
Elephant-ish – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
I had one goal and I feel I achieved it... to express the purest childlike joy of the concept: elephant. Let me tell you it isn't as easy as you might think to let go completely and try to see the world as a child might, then to use all the skills you have to … Continue reading Elephant-ish – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
Cut From Rousseau – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
Some of my earliest inspirations (and fascinations) was Henri Rousseau's jungle foliage. The way he achieve both sharp definition and blurry movement simultaneously still sends me into an art-geek frenzy! I just love the textures that visually trigger all my senses. Maybe it's his rich use of greens and blues in a multitude of hues … Continue reading Cut From Rousseau – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
Bird-ish – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
I found myself absentmindedly looking through abstractions of birds and they were just sinking into my unconscious library, or so I thought. I feel I have a whole bunch of these odd avians running (yes, not flying) around my brain and they need to be set free... some already flew my cranial-coop last year, there … Continue reading Bird-ish – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
Age is a Mindset – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
In the many conversations I have with my fellow art teachers, there's always a common thread of seeking to understand how the materials I use are meaningfully connected. Most recently, the question of whether to not the music behind these drawings has influenced my composition... The question came from my music teacher friend and she … Continue reading Age is a Mindset – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
A Bulgle? Beagle-bulldog mix – Music-book Doodles 2022
My new puppy is a Maltese-poodle mix and everyone who sees him asks the question: "what is it?" And then they tell me stories of other poodle mixes, which seem to be collectively called doodles. It reminded me of when I was studying genetics (back in the 1980's - technologically ancient times, apparently) and we … Continue reading A Bulgle? Beagle-bulldog mix – Music-book Doodles 2022
Purposefulness – Music-book Doodles 2022
I believe I've drawn this one before, maybe even a few times, but always with a different intention or meaning. This bird is intently moving forward towards its destination and the noise (music) of the world around it, won't distract it from its course. I'm feeling this is a subconscious message to myself in the … Continue reading Purposefulness – Music-book Doodles 2022
Unstable – Music-book Doodles 2022
In my frantic browsing on Pinterest, I often swipe past art that comes back to me later because of some unsuspected trigger. This is the case for a bunch of amorphous forms I've drawn... maybe the large block of colour behind them reminds me of Mark Rothko's fields of colour, where my imagination wanders in … Continue reading Unstable – Music-book Doodles 2022
Vanishing Point, Up – Music-book Doodles 2022
In my frantic browsing on Pinterest, I often swipe past art that comes back to me later because of some unsuspected trigger. This is the case for a bunch of amorphous forms I've drawn... maybe the large block of colour behind them reminds me of Mark Rothko's fields of colour, where my imagination wanders in … Continue reading Vanishing Point, Up – Music-book Doodles 2022
The New Renaissance Mindset 