For many of my trips I have taken with me a Canson 8.5×11 sketch book. Made up of acid free paper with a durable black cover and binding, this sketchbook has about 200 pages of a good quality paper. My goal is always to try to fill up the book before I go home. After the trip I paint about the experience and then have an exhibit every few years.The Egypt paintings were shown at Robert Mondavi winery. The painting above is based upon a sketch I did of some birds that were drawn in 2450 BC. I found the images in the tomb of Teti.
For this body of work my paintings introduce large scale light boxes set within canvas structures. The light boxes highlight artwork inspired by sketches done during my trip to Egypt. Size: 54″ x 84″ wax and acrylic on canvas, sumi ink, watercolor on two layers of mulberry paper.
amazing how the language of that sketch is eternal
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i like that, though the sketch is simple and the lines pure, all seems so lively and fresh! this looks both modern and ancient, and that’s a thing a simply love about art: it can become immortal
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Also, you can walk outside in Egypt or America and see the real thing now.
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