It was September of 1981 and It felt really strange. The It being me really, but it was something else larger than me. The strange was a feeling that I get, even to this day, although it has diminished somewhat. So after 13 years of having to start school every September, this year I was at home. I had graduated in June, I had quit my job at KFC also in June so that I could have the summer off, but now here I was left with this strange feeling that I needed to do SOMETHING.
Creating art was something I could do! I had some ideas for some paintings but I also had these Prismacolor pencil crayons that I could be using. I also had a whack of black paper that I originally bought back in grade 10 for an optical illusion assignment. (We did not have art offered in grade 11 or 12......go figure) Since at the time I thought space is black, if I used this black paper, it would save me a lot of work.
Out of Space, Out of Time, Out of Mind - 20 x 26 in. - pencil crayon & white ink
Beyond Human Knowledge - 20 x 26 in. - pencil crayon & white ink
Hands of Creation - 20 x 26 in. - pencil crayon & white ink
This picture is one of my most known works probably because it is the image that is most out there in the world in the form of posters. I got the posters made about a year after the drawing with the encouragement of my colleague at work (yes I did start a job in that fall after graduating,) and after I cashed in the insurance policy for money to get the posters printed.
The Hitchhiker - 20 x 26 in. - pencil crayon, acrylic & white ink
I did not know about the book The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy at the time I did this drawing.
