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These are items from my heart: last summer's squashes and a whimsical ceramic salt cellar. Every time I look at this drawing, I recall the smell of fresh pumpkin.
The drawing was done from a still life, using squashes grown in my garden this past summer, stored in the garage through the hard winter, and eaten with gusto after serving as a prop in the studio. Here's the recipe: cut the squash into sections, slather the sections with ghee, olive oil and jaggery. Sprinkle with sea salt, pepper and cinnamon, then roast at 350˚F until fork tender.
The salt cellar is a much loved little piece of ceramic that I picked up at a craft show at Columbia University a couple of lifetimes ago. I've always been enchanted by the interaction of the two figures - their conversation goes on forever.
This is an unframed, 8" x 10" scratchboard drawing done on an Ampersand flat gessoed panel painted with india ink and sealed with spray fixative. It will be for sale through my Etsy shop.
The hair in these brushes are like the soft, colorful notes of a guitar played with the thumb and fingertips.
Another scratchboard still life, this one on an 8" x 10" Ampersand smooth finish panel, painted with india ink and spray fixative. The tool of choice was the point of an X-acto knife, which created very fine lines.
Someday my spring will come, and with it perhaps, a prince.
6" x 6" masonite painted with acrylic and lovingly worked until satisfaction.
Fish in the sea, are there always more? In the darkness I see jellyfish, I see herring, I see whales and vast schools whirling, silver bodies shooting forward in arched trajectories. . .
6" x 6" masonite painted with acrylic, brought to life with faith and intuition.
Have you ever walked the cement canyons of Manhattan in the small hours of the night?
6" x 6" masonite, painted with acrylic and worked with determination.
Perhaps this could be a colorful slub in the warp and weft of a winter coat.
6" x 6" masonite panel, acrylic paint, and a lot of frustrated gouging, scraping, and smearing.
I tried making my own scratchboards, painting masonite with plaster-loaded gesso, then with gel medium darkened with india ink. The result was an impenetrable surface. And so "gougeboard" was invented. Being a good sport, not one to let failure deter, I commenced to gouge, scrape, smear, rub and generally work the surface until I'd had enough. The result are seven confused-looking abstract panels, children of these dark winter days.
This is a 6" x 6" sheet of masonite, painted with acrylic. It is number one in a series of seven.
