Resurfacing...

Big Boy series and close up of ink work.

I'm really enjoying the process of doing this piece. Here I am just before work having a peaceful moment etching. Very calming. The subject of the drawing is rather heavy but the process is light and pleasing. I'm pushing for balance both on this canvass and in my life so it is highly important that I finish this piece before I start on any new ideas. Completing my work in progress has been a persistent problem over the years because of the lack of balance but I am getting to a place of zen on the matter. Where letting go of worldly obligations is becoming more and more inevitable if I am to be who i truly am as an artist inside.

I feel a bit like a child again as I work on this. Themes/subjects that came naturally to me back in my preteen years are resurfacing in this work. I was obsessed with graffiti and urban life as drawing subjects. The guys hangin' on the corner with their over sized winter jackets and hoodies. The male bravado in the neighborhoods of my youth were always interesting and even at a very young age I understood that there was a vulnerability behind all of the posturing. Well it's 9:18  and I have a meeting to get to :)