R75 Man Feeding Raven

R75 Man Feeding Raven

24 x 24" graphite on panel

personal collection

R71 Ravens

 R71 Ravens

12 x 16" graphite on panel

private collection (sold)

R59 Figures with Tokens on their Fingers

R59 Figures with Tokens on their Fingers

12 x 16" graphite on panel

private collection (sold)

R56 'V'

R56 'V'

7 x 9" graphite on masonite

$40.00

I became interested in the 'V' shape again, after receiving a commission from Dr. V.  While working on the large black and white piece, I did this pencil sketch.

This V shape became wing shapes in my later drawings of that period, and I have begun to use it again in the oils and drawings.

R51 Neurones, wingspans

R51 Neurones, wingspans

4 x 8" graphite on panel

R50 Listening

R50 Listening

4 x 8" graphite on paper

The next night, as it was still raining and the symphony seemed to have picked up where it left off, with one of those Mozart pieces that one can never remember the number of, I completed this drawing.  When the children saw it in the morning, they dubbed it 'the raven telephone', and that rather cleverly describes what it is about.  The raven speaks to the artist, who is receptor-ready.

R49 Raven and Neurones

R49 Raven and Neurones

graphite on paper

One of three drawings done while we were camping.  In the first drawing, the neurones are connected to the idea, in the shape of the raven, and that idea of course is ready to fly off and become a real shape, something to be noticed.

It was very late at night when I did this, and it was raining outside.  The rain on the tin roof of the camper seemed a good accompaniment to the classical music on the radio.   I drew the picture by lantern light, with a mechanical pencil.  It may have been Mozart playing: something familiar.

R45 Ghosts, Snails and Ravens

R45 Ghosts, Snails and Ravens

6 x 8" graphite on panel

private collection