Journal 001:
Drawing Khrystyana
September 15, 2022
What follows is a journal concerning my drawing of model Khrystyana, drawn from a photograph by Ukrainian photographer Paul Terrie. I will not discuss the quality of the drawing itself, since I am in no position to judge that. It is what it is, as they say. This is a simple rattling off of the head, offering up what insight I can into my own drawing process.
Wildness & Freedom:
Meredith Devine's 'Painted Ladies'
August 4, 2022
The photographs of artist Meredith Devine work best as printed matter. There is a realness, a life to her portraits that push against the technology of modern media. For her photo series Painted Ladies, Devine follows a seemingly simple template — a beautiful woman alongside a motorcycle.
A Brief Look:
'The Tempest' by Aleah Chapin
August 17, 2022
The woman’s skin is the mottled color of the living — the raw silver of untouched skin, the blend of soft pink into the sun-born umber of the open skin. She is the color of the rock beneath her, the color of the wet and churning sky above. She is the color of the Earth.
Magic In, Magic Out:
'Stampede Trail' Poster by Paul Blow
July 25, 2022
A sunset dipped in rust. A solitary peregrine falcon in the dimming sky. The bird’s outstretched wingspan mimics that of the man below, his arms raised to the ending day. In his Stampede Trail poster for Nautilus Art Prints, UK-based illustrator Paul Blow captures the triumph of traversing the almost nineteen mile hike through Alaska’s rough terrain that ends at the site of the Fairbanks City Transit System Bus 142, better known as the legendary Magic Bus.
