This drawing marks a beginning of a new series that I hope to complete this summer: my first series of land-inspired "scapes". I do not want to brand them "landscapes" because they are not derived directly from visons or images of the the land or sea, but rather, are based on impressions of land, sea, and human events that intersect. I want to avoid the "horizontal view of the nice barn by the tree" type of thing and create a image that evokes an emotion derived from a place or event, and subject-free.
The recent horrible and damaging events of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico provoked me to thinking about creating images that are triggered by events in, by, and on nature, both man-made, as well as part of the natural process of the planet evolving.
POSTSCRIPT: Tentatively titled Hubbel, this was inspired by a photo taken by the Hubbel Telescope: facinating that space can be colorful and complex. This drawing took a while to reach conclusion. It is not that I had trouble with certain areas, it just, well, took longer to reach an end than I anticipated. I am not sure the reason for this, or if this is actually an "issue". Nevertheless, it is good to get this one off the easel and on to the next.
