For Tracy Michele, who always sees them first.
"I wish you to consider that I have been speaking of what I wished to accomplish in these pictures, rather than what I have done; for I may have failed in these efforts. I should, nevertheless, be much gratified if you could see them ...."
- Thomas Cole, letter dated May 1828

Sunday, April 29, 2012

the slightest line


[Still Life with Glass Bottle, Marbles and Pine Cone. silverpoint. 7.5 x 10". 2012.]

"Fundamentally, even the slightest line partakes of mind and spirit." - Emile Mâle, Religious Art in France, 1910.

I am continuing my work in silverpoint and other drawing media. This still life composition took some time as I worked towards achieving a more dense atmosphere than previous pieces (March's Tulip & Paperwhite Bulbs, for example).
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