Drawing is the most meditative, healing thing I do. Sometimes it feels like there’s a long, fluid-filled tube that extends from my brain down into my very centre…a bead is slowly sinking through the fluid, and when it touches that spot, a glow of utter peace diffuses my whole body. As I draw, my surroundings still and calm, and I sink into the deepest part of me. Textures are born, lines move, layers brighten colours and contrasts, shapes emerge from the surface and highlight with crisp clarity the unique beauty of the subject, be it a drop of water on a leaf or a pulsating jellyfish deep in the blue.
I love the point of contact between the pencil-tip and the paper. While I have sold originals in the past, I am now offering archival quality giclee prints instead, to enable me to reach a global audience.
Dragon ball z song with oceans and birds series#
The gallery below shows both the current series and previous works. Through inspiration from other artists and musicians, I have committed to tithing, giving part of sales proceeds to the protection and preservation of what nature we have left. Not only are they beautiful and fascinating in their own right, they are all a vital part of the food chain of life, which culminates with us, as does the responsibility. Finally seeing a way to contribute, I decided to focus most of my drawings on the oceans and all its dazzling, amazing life forms. The damage done to the ocean and all its life forms has reached critical levels and will take decades to clean up. Part way through this series, the Gulf of Mexico BP disaster hit and my drawings took on a poignancy they hadn’t had before.
I’ve been in love with the underwater world since childhood, and feel like I’ve come home. Using metallic colour pencils, I began a new series, focusing on the less obvious and lesser known life-forms down deep in the ocean’s abyss and beyond. Then a few months ago I eyeballed a small black blank sketchbook I had, and inspiration struck. Until recently, most of my work has been above ground stuff, like flowers, birds and scenery. Several years ago, on a hiatus in Hawai’i, I discovered how much fun colour pencils are to work with.
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