"Purple Blend" Wins Honorable Mention!

Today at the St. Bernard Art Guild Members Fall Show, my collage, “Purple Blend” received an Honorable Mention in the Under Glass Category. The judge was Kathy Miller Stone, an artist from Baton Rouge. The show was held inside the council chambers at the St. Bernard Government Complex.

Change Random Color

color pencil on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Change Shaded

Previously I painted a watercolor with a similar idea. I wanted to try it with graphite.


graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Foot Random Color

color pencil on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Foot Shaded

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Hand Random Color

color pencil on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Hand Shaded

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Dance Man

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Room Key

The holes in my hotel room key provoked me to play with it as if it were a stencil . See the photo image underneath my sketch. I photographed it in front of some bagonias.



graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Shapes inside Shapes II

ink on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Rectangles of Color

color pencil on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Gesture Rocks Color

Naturally after working in black and white, I proceeded to try color. That is always more tricky. It is best for me to play a bit before trying to a final work. Here you can see how I played with the colors available to me.


color pencil on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Gertural Rocks Lines

Another step I tried in this process was working with gestural ink lines. I then used parallel line hatching to work on shading. Again, I played a cubist game of overlapping object planes. Working with only line can be tedious. This kind of marries the gestural with the anal in terms of line.


ink on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Gesture Rocks Shaded

In the next sketch I thought I should add shapes that people would more easily recognize. So I went for oval ones. On previous occasions I’ve made them into rocks. On time, someone did ask me if they were potatoes. Whatever they really are, I liked what happened in this sketch. I also had fun playing a cubist visual game of overlapping planes in the same piece.


graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"