Gabrielle Nowicki 2011, Spring Planting, Graphite on paperGoing back in time…This is an o
Gabrielle Nowicki 2011, Spring Planting, Graphite on paperGoing back in time…This is an older drawing. I was a finalist the Manifest Gallery’s INDA 5 (international drawing annual 5) publication. This drawing was included in the annual. You can see the online version of my page here The reason I’m posting it is because for some time, I’ve wanted to revisit this drawing and the idea behind it. I had plans to work on a series of drawings relating to it but that never happened. Usually, detailed drawing leaves me squirmy, I haven’t the patience to sit still long enough. Ideas come to me fast and I like to get them out of my head and into the world. Drawings like this take a long time and require gobs of patience.This past winter has been a down time for me. The passing of my father and other things happening in my life have made this a time of reflection. The ideas have slowed down although when they do happen, I write them down in my journal/sketchbookI am presently working on a drawing relating to this one, that I’d planned a few years ago. Rather than finding it tedious, I’m embracing the meditative quality of the repetitive technique and attention to detail. The graphite seems to polish the surface of the paper, it is soothing and stills my mind. Through this patience, I’m gradually seeing the forms in the drawing take shape. I should probably take this as a life lesson. -- source link
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