Self Portrait - August 1983 - pencil crayon on paper - 20" x 26 "
I guess this is when I lost my eyes..... metaphorically speaking. I never was able to focus on any one thing (style, medium, subject etc ) for an extended time. You can see in this posting that in the few months shown here, that I am all over the place. Is it all just about early artistic career experimentation? I don't think so. I'm just so interested in so much. Curious about how it all works. Excited about experimentation. As much as I would like to focus in on an area for a year or two or 5 or 10, I just can't.
It's been 30 years of these shinannigans! I'm always exploring the new(for me) and always going back to what I've done and continued unravelling those threads. But throughout all of this, I like to think that my third eye is still focussed on the big picture.
Futuremate - August 1983 - pencil crayon on paper - 20" x 26"
Tiger Face - July 1983 - pencil crayon on paper - 20" x 20"
Eye Of Spades - June 1983 - lino cut ink on paper
with hand pencil crayon color - 11" x 14"
Eye Of Spades - June 1983 - lino cut ink & pencil crayon on paper -
edition of 6, each with different backgrounds - 11" x 14"
June 1983 - ink in paper - 3" x 13"
Here above is the first logo design I did for a company. All hand drawn and inked. This logo appears on the poster below which also happens to have been my first poster assignment. I had not looked at this poster for almost 30 years. I think I never liked it for some reason. It's not great but I do like it now!
The Tubes - June 1983 - ink on paper - 15.5" x 21.5"
May-June 1983 - Assorted Pins - acrylic or pencil crayon on acrylic base or matt board
After seeing the hand painted pins of Winnipeg artist Margaret Hartley, I was inspired to make my own. I did copy her Rocky Horror lips though....they were so good.
