No Drawing Is An Island

We just had out first snowfall. It always does something to me.

How are these two pictures related? ( The one above and the one below.) Would you believe that they came from the same sketch?

Here is the drawing below that I actually did in 2005. I just recently came across it and had to transpose it. Below the drawing is the color scheme that I was originally working on but I ended up turning it into a landscape. It's alright but I'm not crazy about it. And probably because of that, I started to play around with it. You can see the sequence of events that then leads to the image at the top.

After arriving at this unsuspecting location, my mind was afresh in choosing a completely different color treatment for my original figure drawing. Click on any of the images for a larger view.

Mondrian Gallery

As I promised last week, here are a few more stereoscopes for your cross-eyed viewing pleasure!

Piet Mondrian is one of my favorite artists. He's famous for his compositions in red, yellow and blue. (He hated green.) He was an expressionist painter at first, then through a period of 25 years he distilled his subject matter to its simplest form. He then spent the next 25 years painting variations of his red, yellow and blue compositions. I cannot help myself but to love his dedication and work. Here are a few compositions I came up with to play with my stereoscope eyes.

Look at last weeks post if you need the viewing instructions.

STEREOLAND

Here is some more 3D action pictures. Instructions below if you need a reminder of how to work these things. No machinery and no batteries required. And be sure to stay tuned next monday for even more!

Here's how to do it.

1. Click beside the image to get a larger view.

2. Place your finger between the images.

3. Slowly move your finger towards you while keeping a focus on your finger. A third image will slowly grow between the two images.

4. When this middle image is the same size as the other two, stop moving your finger towards you. 

5. Remember to keep your focus on that distance where you finger is and do not change your focus to the image behind it.

6. Move your hand quickly away (don't change your focus ) and that middle image will become three-dimensionally clear!

Places

This is an e-reader cover image for a short story by Peter Atwood. He used to spearhead a publishing company in Winnipeg called Blizzard Publishers. They hired me for cover art illustration and design work and I liked how they were open to me using different styles to suit the book. I wish more publishers would be open to that way of working, in just knowing that the artist (me) would create something very fitting. Of course Blizzard and I would discuss the proposed treatment for the book cover from various ideas I would come up with, then go from there. You can see some of these covers on my website.

A print mailer, e-mailer and poster for an upcoming show which I was to be a part of but unfortunately the show was recently cancelled.

Oh those beautiful Black Hills...um, I mean Holes. Black Holes. Just having some playtime with a souvenir cover I came across. I've never been there. You all recognize this famous tourist site, yes?