Ten Drawings

Here are 10 drawings I’ve done over the Winter and Spring of 2021. Let me know your favorites!


‘The Tik Tok Dancer’

Ink on Paper

2021

She practiced her TikTok dance in the mirror in the room with her favorite dog and painting on a Sunday instead of going to Temple.

‘The Sunbathers’

Ink on Paper

2021

“I Like to Sleep in the Sun.”
“Me Too.”

‘The Overdramatic Musician’

Ink on Paper

2021

The story is told of the time when the melodramatic musician overreacted to the famous painting of Mt. Vesuvius and burst an embolism and died right at that spot and made it even more famous!

‘Spiraling’

Ink on Paper

2021


‘American Allegiance’

Ink on Paper

2021


‘The Whiner’

Ink on Paper

2021

“Whoa (yes, I know it’s spelled wrong) is me why me who am i why cant i when will this how will i ever what will how will i be?”

“OMG, why did I get such a whiner for a mom? Damn, that means I am going to be the grown up from day one. UGH!”

‘The Posers’

Ink on Paper

2021


‘The Vacationer’

ink on Paper

2021


‘The Prayer’

Ink on Paper
2021

‘The Fish Whisperer’

ink on Paper

2021

Burning for Eternity


This idea caught me by surprise. I had never really thought about how the contemplation of eternity or the afterlife is a form of leisure. I think it is a pretty broad definition of the word leisure though since there are people who are employed and working hard to think on these things. Nonetheless, it isn’t the primary creative purview of people laboring to survive at an existential level. It’s for those who have the time to contemplate it, right?

Interesting secondary thoughts

  • is this true of all aspects of religion, not just the afterlife?
  • Does it illustrate Maslov’s heirarchy of need?

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Quote by Paul Valéry, French writer, 1871-1945