This charcoal drawing was done as a preliminary sketch for the pastels in the following posts. The idea was to merge mind (represented here by the head) and body… What affects our body affects our mind, and vice versa. So I tried to illustrate the fact that they are inseparable in our lives.

This charcoal drawing was done as a preliminary sketch for the pastels in the following posts. The idea was to merge mind (represented here by the head) and body… What affects our body affects our mind, and vice versa. So I tried to illustrate the fact that they are inseparable in our lives.

Back in 1993, I was part of an exhibit held at the Grand Marais Art Colony entitled “Proud Flesh: Healing the Scars of Family Violence.” The two pieces I submitted were “Mind and Body I: A Childhood Gone Up in Flames” and “Mind and Body II: The Chill of Lonliness”. They are oil pastel on watercolor paper. In my next blog entry, I will show the initial compressed charcoal sketch on newsprint that led to these finished pieces. Of course everything I do has a story to go along with it, but in this case, I’ll be happy to share if you ask, but with these pieces in particular, I had to come to terms with the fact that they would hang in the gallery without me there to interpret them. So I figure on some level, these speak for themselves, at least in a general way. Perhaps they will strike a common chord in you?

Back in 1993, I was part of an exhibit held at the Grand Marais Art Colony entitled “Proud Flesh: Healing the Scars of Family Violence.” The two pieces I submitted were “Mind and Body I: A Childhood Gone Up in Flames” and “Mind and Body II: The Chill of Lonliness”. They are oil pastel on watercolor paper. In my next blog entry, I will show the initial compressed charcoal sketch on newsprint that led to these finished pieces. Of course everything I do has a story to go along with it, but in this case, I’ll be happy to share if you ask, but with these pieces in particular, I had to come to terms with the fact that they would hang in the gallery without me there to interpret them. So I figure on some level, these speak for themselves, at least in a general way. Perhaps they will strike a common chord in you?

Last night the Art Colony Member show opened at the Grand Marais Art Colony. I have two pieces in the show, “Moose are Big” and “Has Anybody Seen My Dog” (the painting formerly known as “Life’s No Bed Of Roses”). The show contains a wide range of mediums, colors, textures and sizes, and makes for a very colorful and interesting exhibit!

Last night the Art Colony Member show opened at the Grand Marais Art Colony. I have two pieces in the show, “Moose are Big” and “Has Anybody Seen My Dog” (the painting formerly known as “Life’s No Bed Of Roses”). The show contains a wide range of mediums, colors, textures and sizes, and makes for a very colorful and interesting exhibit!

This is one of three photos I recently entered into a contest. I’ll let you know how it turns out!

This is one of three photos I recently entered into a contest. I’ll let you know how it turns out!