ARTIST’S
STATEMENT
“Dots? Why dots?
How long does it take? How many hours? Those are the questions usually
asked when people see my work. When I began doing dots extensively,
years ago, it was solely due to the lack of any other tools beyond
pencil, paper and rapidograph pens. After some really low budget traveling,
they were all that was available and useable in limited space; the
pens travel well. However, once I started, I was hooked. There is no machinery
other than the camera used to take the initial photo of the model.
Eye and hand create all imagery. There is no white out used – none.
Absolutely positively none. It is a search for perfection and the
peace derived from the search itself that drives me forward. Moments
of clarity when all the dots before and the dots to come make perfect
sense and seem doable. These moments are fleeting and perfection is
still the goal. The time it takes
and the duration of concentration and focus are the real challenges.
For myself it’s a form of meditation, like a time machine, it removes
me from the here and now and deposits me hours into the future; although,
I never measure by hours-months is the yardstick. A piece (most are
20” x 30”) usually takes two to three months to complete. The process is
what it’s all about, not the time. Most are portraits of people I
know. It starts by photographing the model, setting up highly contrasted
images. I then make a pencil drawing on illustration board. This is
usually the hardest part because it is the foundation and guide for
everything to come. Four pens, all different in point size, are used,
starting with the largest first, to ink in the image. I’, still pushing
my technique and the ink.” |
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