Portfolio > Elegiac Expressions

Say Grace
graphite on claybord
12x20
2011
Hospice
graphite on claybord
35.5 x 22 inches
2012
Psalm 19
graphite on claybord
35.5 x 22 inches
2012
John 1:14
graphite on claybord
35.5 x 22 inches
2012
$3000
Undone
graphite on claybord
35.5 x 22 inches
2012
Done
graphite on claybord
35.5 x 22 inches
2012
$3000
John 3:8
graphite on claybord
72 x 72
2011

These drawings express a compressed synopsis of life cycles. They mingle vivid scrawls and ghostly scribbles, hinting at how memory or contemplation may appear if illustrated. Viewing them invites physical movement- to read the marks and text from varying distances.
These drawings were done as my father was dying from lung cancer.