Figure Study Print

My drawings are not only responses to the figure’s structure and the energy of a pose but also ultimately to the uniqueness of the subject. Very few of the drawings are done for the sake of a finished rendering, but instead are employed as a means of observing anatomy, form and the character of the model. I use drawing materials that allow me to explore form rather than the effects of light or to plot out shadow versus light shapes, my goal ultimately being to describe, through the use of line, something of the aliveness of a model rather than an “accurate” rendering of a light effect. In this way I’m influenced by the drawings of Watteau, Boucher, Legros, Pontormo and Cadmus among many others.