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
Cow In Green – Music-book Doodles 2022
I feel this comes from some silly animation short from the NFB (National Film Board of Canada) I must have seen in my childhood. The cow is clearly responding to some disturbance in its field and launching the question of what it is at the audience. What is it seeing / what disturbed it? I … Continue reading Cow In Green – Music-book Doodles 2022
Cat As Ornament – Music-book Doodles 2022
Inspired by a small sculpture I saw on Pinterest... slightly Pre-Columbian in style... the sculpture was all brown and burnished smooth in a more modern style, but I still saw movement in it. I wanted to keep the sculptural feel and infuse some animation into it: I changed the colours to something warmer and blurred … Continue reading Cat As Ornament – Music-book Doodles 2022
Blue Cat – Music-book Doodles 2022
Complimentary colours! They just work! The cat is full of prideful attitude and perhaps a little confusion about its identity... it looks like a dog, just a little. The oil pastels are really fun for the blending of colours and adding natural textures to the composition... I also really enjoy. how messy they are; it … Continue reading Blue Cat – Music-book Doodles 2022
Working Out an Inspiration – T’Hed Three
See T'Hed Two for earlier explorations... I wanted to play with colour a little more, but mainly I wanted to see what oil pastels might achieve. I apply several colours onto the paper then use a smudge stick to blend it. I'm not crazy for the results this time... maybe it's because I got more … Continue reading Working Out an Inspiration – T’Hed Three
The New Renaissance Mindset 