Distraction

Distraction

Islands off Solitude

5.5”x 8.5” fountain pen, oil sanguine and chalk on toned paper

Heading Set

Heading Set

Heading away at last,

probably too late.

Racing an evening storm,

toward a sheltered cove.

Not particularly concerned

who wins anymore.

Heading set at last,

away to the past.

So many evenings like this,

not wanting to return.

Heading before a storm

as the darkness sets in.

Doodling 

Islands off Solitude

5.5”x 8.5” ballpoint pen and chalk on toned paper

Stranger's Face

Stranger's Face

An old collected image

waiting to be sketched.

This void between holidays,

when sessions to draw from models

aren’t happening.

I resort to these strangers,

Attempting to connect.

Of course she remains

a face in a photo,

a stranger from

another’s past.

5.5”x 8.5” fountain pen, oil sanguine and chalk on toned paper

A Remembered Yearning

A Remembered Yearning

One of the islands off the mainland shore.

A remembered longing to explore.

A remembered escape to solitude.

Islands Off Solitude

9”x 6” ink and watercolor

Finding the Openings

Finding the Openings

Looking for those dark places between the rock formations on a familiar shore.

Looking for openings to the islands within.

Islands off Solitude

9”x 6” ink and watercolor