The Black Drawings were begun around the same time as the poker card works. While not actually three-dimensional, I wanted these drawings to have the physicality and presence of an object. So, I caked the paper surface with grease pencil and carved into it with a printmaker's gouge to reveal the white layer underneath. Most of the works have an irregular, non-rectilinear shape that pokes fun at the idea of illusion in traditional life drawing.

Broken Mirror
2015
China marker on cut and incised paper
10 x 8 inches

Broken Men's Room Mirror (for Patrick Caulfield)
2015
China marker on cut and incised paper
8 x 10 inches

Broken Bulb
2015
oil pastel on cut and incised paper
10 x 8 inches

Board Through Mirror
2015
China marker on cut and incised paper
8 x 10 inches

2x4s and Oval Mirror
2015
China marker on cut and incised paper
10 x 8 inches

Mouse Hole
2015
China marker on cut and incised paper
10 x 8 inches

Post No Bills
2015
oil pastel on cut and incised paper
8 x 10 inches

Frenchy's El Morocco Number 2
2015
China marker on cut and incised paper
10 x 8 inches

Frenchy's El Morocco Number 1
2015
oil pastel on cut and incised paper
10 x 8 inches

Back Nine
2015
oil pastel on cut and incised paper
8 x 10 inches

Fences & Endless Column
2015
China marker on cut and incised paper
10 x 8 inches

Balancing Act
2015
oil pastel on cut and incised paper
10 x 8 inches

Smoke & Lattice
2015
China marker on cut and incised paper
10 x 8 inches

Polaroids on Table
2015
oil pastel on cut and incised paper
8 x 10 inches

Oui!
2015
oil pastel on cut and incised paper
8 x 10 inches

Card House
2015
oil pastel on cut and incised paper
8 x 10 inches

Empty Frame
2015
China marker on cut and incised paper
8 x 10 inches

Dressing Screen
2015
China marker on cut and incised paper
8 x 10 inches

Untitled
2014
China marker on cut and incised paper collage
4 x 6 inches

Untitled
2014
China marker on cut and incised paper collage
6 x 4 inches

Untitled
2014
China marker on cut and incised paper collage
6 x 4 inches

Untitled
2014
China marker on cut and incised paper collage
4 x 6 inches