Obie will have twenty-nine pen/brush and ink drawing giclées on exhibit from January 10 through March 1 at Santa Rosa City Hall 5 to 7 PM . The Council Chambers are upstairs and the address is 100 Santa Rosa Avenue
THE ARTIST
My life as an architect has clearly affected the way I view the world – and the art work I respond to. I'm sure it is no accident that my drawings strive to evoke a sense of space as well as form. Not just the positive and negative composition space on paper, but space imagined by the mind's eye as well. I've always been more interested in the unknown than that with which I am already familiar. Accordingly, the compositions are suggestive and/or intriguing rather than literal and/or appealing to our sense of traditional beauty.
THE DRAWINGS
Having always been drawn to nature I find that biomorphic imagery comes quite readily. Each drawing begins with a thumbnail sketch which is enlarged and loosely transferred onto the final drawing surface. The pen (or brush) and ink drawing can evolve considerably with technique playing an active roll in the process – I want the technique to be an expressive aspect of the work. Hopefully the finished drawing is a balance of order and chaos, a combination of the familiar and unfamiliar and, most importantly, an image that resonates with the viewer.
THE PRINTS
All drawings exhibited are limited edition giclées (archival inks on acid free papers) with medium and large images on 310 g/m2 German etching paper. Drawings are priced unmatted and unframed with mats and frames available at nominal cost.
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