Size Matters  

I've been getting the advice from some to go bigger, prompting discussions around scale, content and physicality.  I think scale is part of the content and amping up the visceral experience by bending space on a larger scale is something to explore.  

I'm also exploring drawing as an end in itself.  Usually drawing is my tool for trying things out, or the starting point to asking questions. My hope is that drawing will expand my understanding of tone, form and perspective.  The length of one of the three current drawing projects is a year, which allows reflection and development to occur. Working towards a show does promote faster decision making, in that you are forced to push through obstacles in order to resolve work for the impending show. Conversely I see value in working while not having the end date pressures, no matter how hard and fast you work, learning occurs when understanding happens. I've been asked to write about these drawing projects for a UK site, so I'm here trying to record my thoughts, to map expectations against the outcomes later.

This week I was lucky enough to receive  feedback from an overseas art critic and artist.  It was wonderful to have fresh eyes looking at my work, his words lifted me, and his advice rang true.

Notes:

Add more tone

Introduce colour, perhaps one at a time.

Expand scale, or consider group installation

Draw