Drawing Galleries

Black & White Drawings : Before you can walk, you must be able to crawl. Before you can paint, you must be able to draw. So, I feel that it is important to include this collection in my online gallery. I have always loved to draw. As an art student I worked mainly from real life. My first life drawing classes in college gave me a chance to increase my drawing skills and to work from both still lifes and the human figure. This group of artwork includes pencil, pen and ink, and charcoal drawings that I feel explore a number of subjects and techniques. The pieces are handled in a variety of ways and I feel that they illustrate various skills that each artist must possess.

Black & White Drawings

Before you can walk, you must be able to crawl. Before you can paint, you must be able to draw. So, I feel that it is important to include this collection in my online gallery. I have always loved to draw. As an art student I worked mainly from real life. My first life drawing classes in college gave me a chance to increase my drawing ...

Updated: Mar 15, 2007 7:18pm PST

Nature Studies : This series began as studies for my Wall Hanging Series, however it soon became obvious that these pieces stood on their own. These pieces are subjects I discovered on meditative walks in the Catoctin Mountains, a place I hiked often as both a child and an adult. I captured my subjects on film, carefully choosing my composition and depth of field. Then I would stop and sketch my subject if time. These images were not mere reminders of the visual aspects of the place, but, even more importantly, they helped me to capture how the place emotionally affected me. In my studio I strove to bring out the vibrance that transformed a simple landscape into a fascinating subject in my mind. I brought my emotional reaction to the viewer using a variety of techniques. I alter my marks and exaggerate color, form, and light to reveal the personality of the subject. My work has been inspired by the Group of Seven who also worked to bring the landscape around them to life. Their work was in part an effort to make the art world and society at large recognize the beauty of the Canadian landscape in a time when European schools of thought on painting as well as landscape often caused people to overlook the beauty of the everyday world.

Nature Studies

This series began as studies for my Wall Hanging Series, however it soon became obvious that these pieces stood on their own. These pieces are subjects I discovered on meditative walks in the Catoctin Mountains, a place I hiked often as both a child and an adult. I captured my subjects on film, carefully choosing my composition and depth ...

Updated: Mar 15, 2007 7:22pm PST

En Plein Air : These plein air pieces are aqua pencil drawings that I created while visiting different parks in and around Seattle. I began working to slowly fade my pieces out allowing my marks to work with my paper to recreate the beauty before me without recreating each and every detail. I added touches with my brush, activating my marks and making them more fluid. Then I added more marks and color to my pieces, bringing each piece to a point of finish.

En Plein Air

These plein air pieces are aqua pencil drawings that I created while visiting different parks in and around Seattle. I began working to slowly fade my pieces out allowing my marks to work with my paper to recreate the beauty before me without recreating each and every detail. I added touches with my brush, activating my marks and making t ...

Updated: Oct 08, 2008 6:34pm PST

Want to purchase a piece or commission a work? Please contact me at csuniqueartworks@yahoo.com.

Copyright 2007. All Rights Reserved