In drawing, I love the adventure of putting ink directly to paper, without a pencil sketch first, and having to work with whatever line comes out on the page. It feels like a bold way of moving forward, in art and in life.

 

With painting, I love how there are even lines within lines, the subtle ridges and textures in brush strokes and overlapping paint. How one paints an area, becomes layers of lines.

 

For photography, I'm capture lines illuminated by light. Using the camera to manipulate how light is let in, and thus the resulting picture, I can highlight line in specific ways, to share how I see the details of the world.

 

GPS Art - A method of drawing lines on a map by using a GPS device to record my movement. I ride my bicycle while using an app called Strava to draw lines on a city-sized canvas. There is a lot of preparation before getting on my bike and pressing record - hours of looking at the lines of maps, and figuring out the drawing and how to ride it. It’s often a huge physical effort to complete a GPS drawing, involving overcoming many unforeseen obstacles while making the lines. Art mimics life.

 

I hope you enjoy these explorations as much as I do.