I feel a sketch is just as viable a way to capture a memory as a twelve hour drawing. I look at these drawings as finished snapshots; intimate in their scale, precious as a memory, and demanding in their execution. The moment is lost and the drawing is the only thing left.
Juanita & Bet
2016
mixed media on paper
Emma & Yukiko
2016
mixed media on paper
Hogs
2015
mixed media on paper
Tim & Betty
2015
mixed media on paper
Grandma time
2016
mixed media on paper
Bet's birthday
2016
mixed media on paper
Quiet
2015
mixed media on paper
Fleeting
2015
mixed media on paper
Caleb
2015
mixed media on paper
JD
2015
mixed media on paper
George Roberts
2015
mixed media on paper
reatha
2015
mixed media on paper
Betty Daily
2015
mixed media on paper
maw and paw
2015
mixed media on paper
self
2011
graphite on paper
11x8.5"
memory of mom
2011
graphite on paper
11x8.5"
memory of bet
2011
graphite on paper
11x8.5"
josh
2011
graphite on paper
11x8.5"
trashy tv
2010
ink on paper
11x17"
mom in the icu
2010
pen on paper
8.5x11"
time to diet
2010
graphite
11x8.5"
josh
2010
ink on paper
11x8.5"
stacy
2009
graphite on paper
12x9"
sachiko
2009
ball point pen on paper
11x8.5"
mom & crafts
2009
pencil on paper
16x13"
hara sensei
2009
ball point pen on paper
12x9"
mom
2014
graphite on paper
11"x8.5"
herman & crossword
2009
pencil on paper
16x13"
bet
2012
graphite on paper
11"x8.5"
drunks at paradise
2009
marker on paper
11x17"
mom
2012
graphite on paper
11"x8.5"
Days
2015
mixed media on paper
baritone
2009
pen on paper
13.75x21.75"
bet
2014
graphite on paper
11"x8.5"
Burks
2016
mixed media on paper
mom's breakfast
2009
pen on paper
8.5"x11"
betty
2014
mixed media
10"x7"
breaktime facebook
2009
pen on paper
11"x8.5"
wal mart lady
2009
pen on paper
11"x8.5"
studying 2
2009
marker on paper
11"x17"
mom
2014
graphite on ppaer
12"x9"
betty
2014
graphite on paper
12"x9"
tiffany
2014
mixed media
10"x7"
she likes to sleep
2014
mixed media
9"x12"
gesture
2014
graphite on paper
11"x8.5"
study for irina
2014
mixed media on paper
10"x7"
self ala robert2009pen on paper
8.5"x11"self portrait in the manner of a friend's mark
study for irina
2014
mixed media
10"x7"
study2014mixed media
12"x9"pose after Michelangelo
study for irina
2014
mixed media
12"x9"
study
2014
mixed media
10"X7"
study
2014
mixed media
10"x7"
study
2014
mixed media
10"x7"
waiting for a train2008pen on paper
9"x9"a sequential on a cute girl
study
2014
mixed media
10"x7"
study
2014
mixed media
10"x7"
thinking brooding2008pen on paper
4.5"x9"random bathroom drawing
therapy2008pen on paper
4.5"x9"electric massage therapy for an extremely painful neck injury
studying 2a2009marker on paper
8.5"x11"left side of studying diptych
studying 2b2009marker on paper
8.5"x11"right side of studying diptych
studying 3
2009
pen on paper
8.5"x11"
studying 1
2009
marker on paper
8.5"x11"
snacks and drinks
2008
pen on paper
8"x9"
side effects208pen on paper
9"x8"a journal entry on the side effects of a medication
yuuka
2009
pen on paper
8.5"x11"
quick still life2009pen on paper
8.5"x11"trying to keep limber
hirai at work
2009
marker on paper
8.5"x11"
help
2009
marker on paper
8.5"x11"
baseball boys studying
2009
marker on paper
8.5"x11"
drunks at paradise2009marker on paper
11"x17"a five minute sketch
saeri2009pen on paper
11"x17"art student at work
seichiro2009pen on paper
8.5"x11"art student at work