Wavular

Sharpie on paper. That's it. I don't want to get carried away with colors and canvases and specialty drawing tools. Stuff turns into more stuff, art gets overly stuffy, and nobody can relax. I want people to relax. To feel air, space, and comfort.

Keeping my drawings simple is one way to say, "Hey, you don't have to have a lot to be a lot." http://www.flavors.me/wavular

8' Sharpie drawings

When you say to someone, "I made three 8' tall marker drawings on paper," it doesn't really mean much without a visual. This is the visual.

It's a portrait of Ethel Clay Price, the first graduate of the Watts School of Nursing. Which later became The North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics, the incarnation I got to know in 11th and 12th grade.

It's 24" x 96," Sharpie on paper.

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I was going to call this post, "8' Tall and Rising." You know, because of De La Soul. But I decided to be more straight up for the folks who would be wondering what the heck I was on about.

Process and studio pics for October show

Days now until my newest pieces are hung at the upcoming show at Durham Arts Council. It's called "People You May Know: Contemporary Portraits."

Glad to be invited. New Sharpie marker on paper pieces. Show runs through end of the year. Reception is Oct. 15 in Durham, NC.

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Large-format Sharpie scrolls

BTFL SIMPL was a solo show of large-scale Sharpie marker drawings at Form/Space Atelier in Seattle. This was in May, 2009.

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