Walking on the Moon

Working with a great dancer/model exploring space and gravity

Walking on the Moon, charcoal, 18×24, 2024-02-24

Ballet in Space , charcoal, 18×24 2024-02-24

DIving Shadows, pastel, 18×24, 2024-02-24

Rainy Day Playing with Old Drawings

Here is some work playing with old sketches, developing 1-2 minute charcoal sketches in something else

Crowded Skies

Crowds of people careening through space, some preparatory sketches, done mostly from one minute sketches of live models.

Back on the Stand

I’ve been back at Minerva’s Drawing studio both as a model and artist. Here is some work by the artists of myself in the role of model.

Joe Essig

Pesya

Leopold Stokowski

Frottage Figures

Lately I’ve been using a surrealist technique to start my drawings. I have a lot of packing paper, which I flatten out and rub with charcoal. After staring at it I draw a figure inspired by the wrinkles. Sometimes the figure has no connection with me, but often I see a pose, draw it then realize it is from a model I drew in the past, and the wrinkles have brought back a forgotten memory.

Drawn in January 2023, I did a drawing of Hannah in this pose back in March 2022, but variations of it are not uncommon

Drawn in January 2023, although I don’t remember the actual pose, I can easily see that it is Kuan, whom I haven’t drawn for many years now, she has a distinctive style and is one of the greatest models I have worked with, her essence is firmly fixed in my subconsciousness

Twisting and Turning

Just a few 5 minute sketches after an extended dry period, for both artist and model, Darina

Some Toned Paper

Some drawings on toned paper, actually red rosin paper used for protecting floors during construction. It has a nice tooth and comes in big rolls.

Hannah Kneeling, pastel on toned paper, 36×30 , 03/2022

Hannah Floating, pastel on toned paper, 36×30, 03/2022

Sculpture In Ice

I was one of 10 chosen artists to participate in the First Annual Governors Island Ice Sculpture Show in February. Here is my original proposal “New York Oyster” and the finished piece. We had 2 hours to carve the ice, 40x20x10 inches. Unfortunately after about 30 minutes, I cut myself when the die grinder I was using kicked back. Most of the carving was done with my direction by Thomas Brown, my mentor from the Okamoto Studio. At the end of the day, I had the extensor tendon in my left index finger re-connected and a dozen stitches. Still, lots of fun and I learned a lot. Ice is a really interesting media, soft but hard, transparent and temporary.

Original concept, charcoal

1/8 scale maquette

Ready to carve with template

Before “torching” Photo by Vilma Staiano

After “torching”

Time to Change the World

Thanksgiving in the States make me reflect on how we are/aren’t going to survive and The film “The Cabinet of Dr Caligari” came to mind.

Handstand à la Dr. C. 24×18 pastel 11/2021

Self portrait in the Studio, pastel 24×18, 11/2021

Bruce as Lantern-less Diogenes, pastel on newsprint, 24×18, 11/2021

Long Summer

Its been a long summer, lots of disruptions as everyone in the world has experienced, but here are some drawings, done over the past few months, mostly from old sketches, but I recently have been hiring live models again, fully vaccinated, of course.

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  Bruce Diving board, selfportrait

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  Shadow Dance

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  Jack Nght

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  Ha Twins

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  Ha Listening

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  Resting

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  Ha Waving Off

some pastels, 18×24, 06/2021 – 09/2021