Some ink abstracts from 2010

Here's a newish piece that I've bee playing around with.  I've been trying to get loose and free gain, as I think that often my obsessive side takes over and removes a lot of the energy from my work.  It feels good.  No title on this one at the moment.  Naming things feels so official and frequently artificial, and I often resent doing it unless a name just floats into my head as I'm working.

untitled

2010

Ink, graphite, charcoal

The following two pieces were made earlier this year in response to a friend's death.  Since I'm posting little ink works, I thought I'd share these as well.

Dan died of a heart attack I and II

2010

Ink, graphite

Gummy caves

Last week while disposing of some old gum i became fascinated with the way that it created long stalactite-like strings when it became stretched across space.  Since then, I've been exploring ways to draw it in an equally interesting way.  My first thoughts were of a small graphite drawing with high contrast that drew you into the space, but for some reason I was not satisfied.  Now I'm blowing it up to stretch across 14"x17" Bristol board to give a thicker, gummier feel to it.  I think that I'd like to try it on toned paper in white and black charcoal pencil.  I like the idea that I'm working with, I just am struggling slightly to get it right.