Pollen. 11 x 14 inches, ink, colored pencil and graphite on paper. 2020.
Snow Flora. 11 x 14 inches. Ink, colored pencil and graphite on paper. 2020.
These two drawings were made in the beginning of 2020 and the start of ideas that I would focus on for the year. My mother-in-law bought both of them, “Snow Flora” being sent to Norway to her soon to be daughter-in-law, and “Pollen” for herself.
Making these drawings felt kind of dreamy. Drawing with lines felt very straightforward, I had just departed from making work with dots and dotted-lines for the past 10 years. Interestingly, instead of focusing on being extra coordinated with my hand and visualizing where each dot would go, lines freed up the mental effort and I’m able to drift around. I make more “mistakes” this way (smudging and spilling ink mostly), but this way feels so damn cheerful. So much for intensely focused mental effort.