Shirts

Shirts II

Shirts II

My work life involves staying home most days — working.  So when COVID hit and everyone needed to stay at home it wasn’t much of a change.  Except now no one came to the studio.  And in particular I had no model.  After a while I thought I might as well draw myself.  I set a mirror on a wide window sill and sat a chair beside the window and I drew my shirt and sometimes my hand as I drew.  I’ve always liked the way fabric can form itself to describe the gesture of the body beneath it.  I have always liked drawing fabric.  And somehow it was a relief not to draw my face.

I continued drawing for awhile.  Different days, different shirts, different gestures.  Then I made the drawings into books.  Set into a book, the shift of gestures create a kinetic feeling.  

Shirts IV

Shirts IV

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Shirts III

Shirts II is a unique book. 11 x 14.5 inches. Three drawings with brush and sumi ink on bristol paper mounted on Stonehenge paper. 2020.

Shirts III is a unique book. 11 x 14.5 inches. Two drawings with brush and sumi ink on bristol paper mounted on Stonehenge paper. 2020.

Shirts IV is a unique book. 11 x 14.5 inches. Four drawings with brush and sumi ink on bristol paper mounted on Stonehenge paper. 2020.