Early Mornings

Early Mornings

Early mornings

black sharpie and water color

Westwood 1986

Let me try to explain myself.

When I was a young man I loved illustration.

Perhaps the two illustrators who had the greatest influence on me were Aubrey Beardsley and Jean Giraud aka Moebius. Both artist drew with a fine line and I tried to emulate that.

Here's an old drawing of mine.

Early Mornings

pencil drawing

Venice CA 1978

So back then I saw myself as an illustrator.

Then sometime around 1980 I was introduced to Abstract Expressionism and I had an epiphany...

Could I approach Abstract Expressionism with an illustrator's line?

A new world opened up to me and I started having fun with my drawing.

And then, for about 35 years I never drew an identifiable object.

No joke.

Early Mornings

Still Life

black sharpie

Westwood 1985

Early Mornings

Attitude Adjustment

pen, colored pencil and watercolor

Duarte CA 1996

Early Mornings

Time never began

black sharpie on bond paper

San Francisco 2003

Early Mornings

Dan's drawing

black sharpie

Rosemead 2011

i did a lot of these drawings. And I really enjoyed making them. For over thirty years I completely liberated myself from the rigors of drawing something that had to look like something. And I loved it. But then...

Sometime around 2015 I returned to illustration. Why? I'll be honest with you, I started to miss it.

Call it full circle but that's where I'm at now.

I still treasure my line though.

Early Mornings

little boxes

black sharpie on paper

Los Angeles 2019

Thank you Aubrey and Jean.

Early Mornings

Aubrey Beardsley

Early Mornings

Jean Giraud aka Moebius

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black sharpie

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black sharpie

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Of Mice And Men

black sharpie on beige paper

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Let me tell you a story.

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Colored pencil & black sharpie

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Black sharpie

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Little Boxes - Pete Seeger

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Black Sharpie

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Little Boxes - Pete Seeger

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black sharpie

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Here's why.

When I look at these boxes I always get this erie feeling of...

Time is standing still.

I don't know why, but it gives me tickle.

Little Boxes - Pete Seeger

Time is standing still

Black sharpie

Los Angeles 2019


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ballpoint pen, los angeles, 2018

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We fall astray when we deny nature. 74. Living on a small island in the Philippines.

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