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Young Griffin

A portrait of Griffin as a child (see "Griffin," December 30, 2010 for a portrait of him as an adult). His eyes were really odd in the photo I used for this drawing and I just couldn't seem to get them right. He had, and still has, amazingly thick and lustrous eyelashes that any girl would kill to have, thus his looking as though he was wearing mascara and eyeliner. And I think he might have had a sinus thing on that particular picture day, which would account for the terrible puffiness around his eyes. Regardless, I draws 'em as I sees 'em.

Portrait of Griffin as a Child, graphite on champagne colored paper, 2011 (full view and detail)

Portrait of a Cat, Again

Another portrait of Maia Louise, this time in nearly three-quarter profile and again, much larger than life. Oddly, I'm seldom asked to do drawings of cats. I have no idea why this is. Maybe because people love their dogs more. Who knows?

Portrait of Maia Louise, graphite on paper, 2011 (detail)

Baby Self Portrait

I found (after not knowing for some time where all those baby photos from that photo shoot were) a version of the old photo of me used in the Big Lippie Brand collage in the right sidebar and decided to do a smallish portrait of myself from it. Oddly, I found it tough to get the big lippie right. Go figure.

Portrait of Victoria as a Baby, graphite on paper, 2011, (full view and detail)

Two Paper Quilts

I've been in my cellar re-packing and organizing the stored boxes and crates that contain my entire studio and found a few stray experimental works; an idea that proved at the time to be a creative dead end for me. Here are two paper quilts made many years ago and until about a week ago, long, long forgotten. I haven't a clue where I was going with this idea, but all the photographs in these works are of my actual female ancestors. Despite their vivid colors, as works of art these really do suck, but I remember how much I loved the time spent pondering all those ladies who came before me in my clan.

The Good Wife, mixed media on paper, 2006 (?, perhaps earlier)
Love Letter, mixed media on paper, 2006 (?, perhaps earlier)