These are from a weekend in Shutesbury, MA at a beautiful, very high spiritual place called Temenos. These drawings are directly drawn from a carving in the rock done by a woman named Ellen Sidor. I love this image of the Jizo Bodhisattva for its simple, elegant lines and a potent inner grace. Imagine the colors of grey rock woven through with the varying greenish grays of lichen and moss. The images on the left are cards and the images on the right are larger drawings. The upper right drawing was done first, and even though the proportions are off substantially, in many ways it's one of the stronger drawings. As so often happens as soon as you bring out the nice materials like the 100% cotton Fabrian paper on the lower right, the drawing becomes stiffer. I may add color to the card on the upper left, but I'm not sure yet.
Hmm,... once published the images are no longer in the grid preview I was look at. Now the cards are the 2nd and 4th images, and the Fabriano paper drawing is the 3rd. The first drawing is a preparatory study from my sketchbook. I'm my own first comment, isn't that sad.
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful, Deborah.
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