Sunday, January 29, 2012

Waterfront 1



Waterfront 1

Looking through liquid
Glazed with reflections
Textured with scum
Filtered particles
Stirred up mud
Gold and silver gray
From the sun

For a long moment
Stopped in time
The conversation ignored
Until a sentence comes through
Reminding me
She still wants to know
Is it her
Or
The next wave
Disturbing the view
Into the deep world
Below the surface

The answer is so obvious
Why is she still
Trying to compete

The first of a couple of doodles I did the other morning while waiting for a setting to be arranged, and a model to show up, and for her to find a comfortable pose, for the rest of the day.
Although this doodle started from scratch, I was more aware than usual where I wanted it to go. The two standing on a dock was intentional, a memory, almost, a conversation without a voice to break the silence.
5”x 3.5” Ink and colored brush pens on card stock. 

12 comments:

  1. You are so prolific, Anthony. I can hardly keep up with you. Never a spare moment and you're not at it creating something new. I think your doodles are stunning, so much more than the word 'doodles' would suggest.

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  2. Vos griffonnages sont toujours merveilleux... Je vous fais de gros bisous juste avant mon départ.

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  3. A great sketch...nice stark lines.

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  4. hits me between the eyes, powerful sea

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  5. I also love this ink sketch!!

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  6. Wow, this looks almost like calligraphy! I love the brush strokes and the contrasting thin and thickness of them. Beautiful black and white image with just tiny pops of color. Well done!

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  7. Elisabeth: Thank you, though, these doodles are quite small. It doesn’t take very long to cover the page.

    martinealison: Thank you… Thanks for saving the last for me. Have a good trip.

    nouvelles couleurs, Laura: Thank you

    Akeith: Thank you

    Lorraine: I wouldn’t want to hit. But pulling you in would be okay.
    Thank jou

    Manon: Thank you.

    Phoenix: Thank you

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  8. The poem and the picture I find hauntingly beautiful!...it has the air of retrospect. Wonderful.

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