I started this drawing project in 2006. For many years, I used coffee, pencil, and color inks, along with breath-blowing, to create my work. As a coffee lover, I was interested in the color, texture, aroma, and the movement of the coffee's flow on paper. After 14 years of working with this material, I decided to transition away from coffee as my primary, which I finally did in 2020. I draw inspiration from the entangled branches of winter trees for my lines, as well as Chinese Calligraphy and Splash Ink Paintings, artists such as John Cage, William Anastasi, Cy Twombly, and Julie Mehretu, Fluxus and improvisational music. I like my lines to be organic, fluid, entangled and unpredictable. My color palette is predominantly brown, red, and yellow, referencing human connections, earth and land, violence and destruction, and duality and balance. With each piece I create, the lines and forms improvise as the inks flow, gradually forming a complex interconnected web that eventually balances all the visual elements. Accidents, imperfection, glitches, and erasing are all integral parts of the process. The conscious self often gives way to intuition and feelings, leading to remarkable insights and surprises. My work explores the uncertainties of life, the complexities of human relationships we share, and the impact of global conflicts and violence, both near and far. Each drawing works with indeterminacy, imperfection, improvisation, and the process of creating balance and interconnectedness, which requires intuition, perceptual understanding, and experience to reach its completion. My other project is Moving Drawing, an intermedia project in which I explore the connections between abstract drawing, video and sound in new contexts. https://saracysun.com/movingdrawing
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 #39, Jan 29, 2025, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #38, Jan 20, 2025, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #37 Jan 16, 2025, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #36, Jan 10, 2025, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #35, Jan 10, 2025, 8"x8", pencil and color ink
NC8x8 Drawing #34, Jan 02, 2025, 8"x8", 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
#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
