selected work
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Mouse variations (3)
The third in the larger-than-life mice series. At this point I was also deep into the leaves series, and I incorporated a leaf on the same page with the mouse for the first time. In 2021 I had this tattooed on my ankle, in trade for a few abstract ink paintings. The finishing touches were…
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Leaf variations (3)
In the early days of working on the mouse series, my wife remarked that brown fall leaves tumbling along the ground in the wind sometimes looked like scurrying mice. I got an idea for a room full of larger-than-life mice and leaves, a vertiginous, immersive tableau of movement and detail. So! I began work on…
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Mouse variations (2)
Since 2017, I’ve been working on a series of much-larger-than-life-size mice on 18″ x 24″ paper. Very fine brushes with India ink. Choosing a brush over pen for stippling requires time, focus, and determination, but the added control is very much worth it for me. The variety of marks one can make is infinite. It’s…
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Arctic fox
I was working on an A-Z of animals with India ink and brush, with a “wood grain” style texture. I did this arctic fox for “F”, but it turned out fairly different to the rest. The arctic fox is iconic in white, obviously, so I started from a point of negative space and essentially “carved”…