Wild-crafted Media
The drawings and paintings represented in this body of work were all made by hand, from raw materials that I gathered from the wild landscape. I make my pens from feathers and reeds; my inks from a wide variety of fruits, fungi, plants, shrubs and trees; my paint brushes from various plant fibers, animal fur and whiskers; my charcoal from vines and trees; my paint from stones; my crayons from beeswax and rocks.
Although I am making art the hard way, this approach is satisfying beyond what I could have anticipated.
Pen and Ink
This gallery is dedicated to work that I do with modern, commercial pen and ink medium.
These drawings are made with modern pens (Sakura Pigma Micron) with the occasional addition of grey scale markers (prismacolor). I draw from life as well as from photos I take on location.