Carpe Noctem 2016 chalk pastel on paper 13x13"
Carpe Noctem: Latin for "Seize the Night"
This is the latest in my baseboard drawing series. I've covered roughly half the room in about 12 drawings; my intention is to document in pastel the rest of the room by the end of May. There is something delightfully meditative and enlightening in observing the perimeter of an entire room, one square foot at a time. There is no rushing through the process, no mad race to get to the next drawing, no skipping sections that at first glance seem uninteresting. There is only now: a particular color in the light and the ever-shifting and elegantly accumulating dust.
This is the latest in my baseboard drawing series. I've covered roughly half the room in about 12 drawings; my intention is to document in pastel the rest of the room by the end of May. There is something delightfully meditative and enlightening in observing the perimeter of an entire room, one square foot at a time. There is no rushing through the process, no mad race to get to the next drawing, no skipping sections that at first glance seem uninteresting. There is only now: a particular color in the light and the ever-shifting and elegantly accumulating dust.
This painting is beautiful. I love the shading and the light, Very poetic and simple and effectively done.
ReplyDeleteHi Shelley. Thanks very much for your kind words!
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