I started this mixed media on paper project in 2006. As someone who enjoys coffee, I have wanted to experiment with how coffee works with pencils and color inks on paper, not for novelty reasons but as an interest in coffee's color, texture, smell, and how it flows on paper. As I further developed the work, I felt the need to move away from being confined by coffee as my primary material, as I finally did in 2020. I look upon the entangled winter tree branches for inspiration for my lines, as do Chinese Calligraphy and Splash Ink Paintings and artists like John Cage and avant-garde/experimental music, Cy Twombly, William Anastasi, and Julie Mehretu, all of which have influenced my work. I like my lines to be organic, fluid, entangled and unpredictable. My color palette is predominantly brown, magenta, and red – referencing life and destruction, duality and balance. With each piece, I create lines and forms to improvise along with how the inks flow gradually to form a complicated web until all the visual relationships balance. My conscious self gives way to perceptual understanding and inner knowing, slowly revealing and unveiling incredible insight beyond preconceived notions and logic. My works are rooted in the complexity of global conflicts, violence near and afar, sociopolitical divisions and entangled human relationships. My other project is Moving Drawing, a multimedia project in which I expand the genre of drawing by integrating it with video, time, movement, and sound. The sizes of my works on paper range from 8"x8" to 30"x22".
New NCB 30"x22" Series – pencil and color ink
NCB #2, Sept 1, 2024, 30"x22", pencil and color ink
NCB #1, Aug 5, 2024, 30"x22", pencil and color ink
Selected NC 8"x8" Series – pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #31, July 3, 2024, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #32, July 4, 2024, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #33, July 8, 2024, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #30, January 19, 2024, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #29, January 12, 2024, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #28, January 10, 2024, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #25, October 26, 2023, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #26, November 20, 2023, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #27, November 29, 2023, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #22, August 29, 2023, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #23, August 30, 2023, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #18, August 14, 2023, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #17, February 25, 2023, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #16, February 15, 2023, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #14, March 28, 2022, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #13, March 11, 2022, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #12, March 1, 2022, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #11, Feb 2, 2022, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
Drawings with Music – 8"x8" each, pencil and color ink
2023 8"x8" Drawing #S1, Music by Steve Roden "VIEW" album Track 4, Duration: 16:28, first time listening, same duration.
2023 8"x8" Drawing #S2, Music by Steve Roden "VIEW" album Track 1, Duration: 16:04
Part of Moving Drawing #1 Project – NC8x8 Drawing #5, 2021, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
Part of Moving Drawing #1 Project – NC8x8 Drawing #6, 2021, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
Part of Moving Drawing #1 Project – NC8x8 Drawing #7, 2021, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
Selected NC 12"x9" Series – pencil and color ink
NC Drawing #7, 2021, 12"x9", pencil and color ink
NC Drawing #6, 2021, 12"x9", pencil and color ink
NC Drawing #2, 2020, 12"x9", pencil and color ink
NC Drawing #4, 2020, 12"x9", pencil and color ink
NC Drawing #5, 2021, 12"x9", pencil and color ink
Selected Coffee Drawing Series from 2006 to 2020
Big Drawing #5, 2015, 18"x24", coffee, pencil and color ink
Big Drawing #4, 2014, 18"x24", coffee, pencil and color ink
Big Drawing #3, 2014, 18"x24", coffee, pencil and color ink
Big Drawing #10, 2018, 30"x22", coffee, pencil and color ink
Big Drawing #6, 2015, 24"x18", coffee, pencil and color ink
Big Drawing #7, 2015, 24"x18", coffee, pencil and color ink
#50, 12"x9", 2018, coffee, pencil and color ink
#48, 12"x9", 2017, coffee, pencil and color ink
#40, 12"x9", 2013, coffee, pencil and color ink
#39, 9"x12", 2013, coffee, pencil and color ink
#35, 9"x12", 2012, coffee, pencil and color ink
#29, 9"x12", 2010, coffee, pencil and color ink
#26, 9"x12", 2009, coffee and pencil
#25, 9"x12", 2008, coffee and pencil (sold)
#28, 9"x12", 2010, coffee, pencil and color ink (sold)
#6, 9"x12", 2006, coffee and pencil
#8, 9"x12", 2006, coffee and pencil
