Silvernails (2018)

“Silvernails”

2018

Graphite on Paper

Signed and dated bottom right

Unframed Dimensions: 38” x 50” (965mm x 1270mm)

I like to describe architecture as that “man-made thing between the sky and the ground”. This freehand drawing emphasizes the sky and the ground, putting the architecture in its humbling place.

Currently in New York City Private Collection

Chromacity (2015)

“Chromacity”

2015

Oil Pastel on Black Foamcore

Signed and dated bottom right

Unframed Dimensions: 48” x 80” (1219mm x 2032mm)

Bee Lines (2014)

BEE LINES (2014)

Unique, One-off, Original Free-hand Drawing.

Colored Pencil on 100% Cotton Neutral pH Stonehenge Paper.

Signed and dated by the Artist in the lower right hand corner.

Paper Size = 25” x 37” (635mm x 940mm)

Framed Size = 30" x 41" x 3" (762mm x 1041mm x 76mm)

Currently the artwork is fully custom framed by ROOQ Framing with paper floated on white mat backing museum board, full black timber frame, and transparent plexiglass cover.

For Sale: P.O.A.

Rocky Fellas (2014)

One-off, Original Free-hand Drawing.

Ink, Charcoal & Colored Pencil on 100% Cotton Neutral pH Stonehenge Paper.

Signed and dated by Artist lower right hand corner.

Paper Size = 50" x 34" (1270mm x 864mm)

Frame Size = 58" x 41" x 3" (1473mm x 1041mm x 76mm)

Currently Artwork is fully custom framed by ROOQ Framing, with paper floated on white mat backing museum board, full black timber frame, and transparent plexiglass cover.

For Sale: P.O.A.

West Village View (2013)

“View From 66 West 9th St, New York City”

2013

Ink and Coloured Pencil on Paper

Signed and dated on reverse

Unframed Dimensions: 38” x 50” (1168mm x 2032mm)

Framed Dimensions: 43” x 63” (1092mm x 1600mm)

Commissioned Work currently in London Private Collection

Provenance: ROOQ Gallery

Building Blocks (2012)

2012

Ink and Pencil on Paper

Signed and dated on bottom right hand corner

Unframed Dimensions: 38” x 50” (1168mm x 2032mm)

Consignment for ROOQ Gallery

In Private Collection

It's easy to draw straight lines with a ruler. Or a T-square. Or a drafting machine. Or a computer. It's easy to project a photo onto a blank canvas and copy the projected image faithfully. It's easy to use a grid system when scaling up from smaller photographs. It's easy to follow the converging guidelines representing a two-point perspective. It's not so easy to draw straight lines using nothing but your hand and your eye. With a pen. In ink. Without perspectival guides.

"Building Blocks" is an attempt at free-hand drawing the myriad straight lines of Midtown Manhattan without resorting to mechanical methods. However, by using white ink on black paper, the medium still suggests a linkage to traditional architectural blueprints. That is: the beautiful and smelly dyeline negatives of the original black ink lines and dots on film, rendered using technical pens at now obsolete drafting tables.