1-7-10, Oil pastel on duck cloth, 30"x48", 2010  1-9-10, Oil pastel and graphite on duck cloth, 30"x48", 2010   

  
 1-20-10, Oil pastel and graphite on duck cloth, 30"x48", 2010   1-23-10, Oil pastel and graphite on duck cloth, 14"x18", 2010  

  
1-25-10, Oil pastel and graphite on duck cloth, 30"x48", 2010    2-20-10, Oil pastel and graphite on duck cloth, 30"x48", 2010     

Statement for Recent Figure/Bird Series

Occassionally found in reliefs on ancient Greek tombs, are figures that curiously hold a bird in one hand. These reliefs and their casually mysterious figure/bird relationships are the inspiration for my recent drawings. In the reliefs, as well as my drawings, the figures seem barely aware of the birds' presence, prompting one to question their role and purpose of inclusion. The fact that the birds are not granted a position as "precious objects" creates a visual tension that is magnified by their differences in scale, application and association. I embrace the raw canvas and utilize a sparce combination of water soluble oil pastel and acrylic paint coupled with graphite rendered contours to highlight the figure/bird relationship and mirror the simplicity of the ancient reliefs.

  
Melampus Listening to a Bird, Oil pastel, graphite and acrylic paint on duck cloth, 2010 Bellerophon Before His Journey, Oil pastel, graphite and acrylic paint on duck cloth, 2010 
  
 Calais and His Brother, Oil pastel, graphite and acrylic paint on duck cloth, 24"x48" (diptych) 2010 Zetes and His Brother, Oil pastel, graphite and acrylic paint on duck cloth, 24"x48" (diptych) 2010 

  
 Eumelus and His Daughter, Oil pastel, graphite and acrylic paint on duck cloth, 24"x42" (diptych) 2010Neleus and Periclymenus, Oil pastel, graphite and acrylic paint on duck cloth, 24"x48" (diptych) 2010 SOLD
  
 Erisichthon and Metra, Oil pastel, marker and acrylic paint on canvas, 24"x42" (diptych) 2010Purple Head 5-8-10, Oil pastel, graphite and acrylic paint on canvas, 14"x17" 2010 







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