Grand Canyon Series
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“Monoliths of the Canyon”. 22 x 30 inches, graphite and charcoal on paper.
This was the preparatory drawing for "The Watching Stone".
“Saturation Point”. 16 x 20 inches, oil on panel
Geometric shapes stood out visually in the rock formations of the Grand Canyon, in salmon, orange and gray.
“Excavation”. 22 x 30 inches, pastel on paper.
Organic shapes in this quick study seemed to be turning into elephants, shells, openings.
“Grand Canyon Monoprint Study”. 30 × 21 inches, monoprint on paper.
A fast study in oil sticks with random printing effects.
“Grand Canyon: Study on Sheetrock”. 3 × 4 feet, pastel and charcoal on sheetrock.
A fast color and line study on a large piece of sheetrock.
“The Watching Stone”. 22 × 30 inches, watercolor and pen and ink on paper.
Departing from traditional landscape representation, this work utilized high altitude references of the Grand Canyon to a psychological landscape where the mind projects life into ancient stone, revealing crumbling castles, hidden faces and monstrous forms trapped within the stone.