Dragon Study
Graphite on paper,
22 X 29 inches
1988

This drawing is one of many preparatory studies produced while developing the Psychomaccia composition. I spent about three years working it out this full-scale model, but in the end followed the form but not the overlying pattern, which was replaced by an intense color colposition.

Fall of Troy
White conté on black canson Mi-Tientes paper
19.5 X 25.5 inches
1995

Executed as a demonstration in the use of the medium and in drawing forshortened figures. It took about one and a half hours in class and two hours in my studio to complete.

The Vulnerable Guardian
Sanguin Conté on Canson Mi-Tientes paper
19.5 X 25.5 inches
1996

Drawn in my Figure Drawing class as a demonstration of technique.

Self-Portrait with Conté Pencil
Charcoal and conté on paper,
20 X 28 inches
1997

This self-portrait was produced while I was on sabatical at the Florence Academy in the summer of 1997.

Standing Female Model
Charcoal and conté on paper,
17 X 26 inches
1997

This academic study was produced while I was on sabatical at the Florence Academy in the summer of 1997. The total time for this work was about 12 hours.

Out the Window
Charcoal and conté on paper,
19.5 X 27.5 inches
1997

This drawing was created at the Florence Academy in the summer of 1997. We spent two six hour days on the project. The image was begun as a structure drawing in charcoal and the forms slowly emerged.

Bust Still-Life
Graphite on paper
19.5 X 25.5 inches
1997

This drawing was executed at the Florence Academy in a drawing class focusing on tradition methids. The objective was to practice sight sizing, stuctural analysis, and value judgment techniques.

Old Friends
Sanguin conté on Mi-Tientes Ingres paper;
19 X 25 inches
1997

Executed at the Florence Academy as a technique exercise. The heads are copies of large-scale prints of original drawings by the 16th-century Florentine masters Michelangelo Buonarotti and Andrea del Sarto.

Fall of Man
Graphite, India ink, charcoal, conté, Chinese white on paper,
60 X 84 inches
1998

This composition is based on the integration of three old master drawing by Golzius, Rubens and Gericault. First the masters were projected on and traced in graphite. Then the India ink was applied with a dropper and allowed to dry. Charcoal was then rubbed in and more ink appied. Finally the Chinese white was added.

Looking at Me
Conté on canson Mi-Tientes papner;
19.5 X 25.5 inches
2005

Executed as a gift for my friend the model.

Fire-Dance
Graphite on paper
8.5 X 11
2006

This figure was composed in one hour without a model. It began as a few gestural lines that became the raised knee and from there the figure developed. This drawing is the model for an oil on canvas painting on a much larger scale.

Crouching Dancer
Digital drawing,
8.5 X 11 inches
2006

This stylus on digital screen drawing was executed in five minutes as a demonstration piece one summer evening at a local tobacco bar for a group of freinds.

Sleeping Male
Conté on paper,
20 X 26 inches
2006

This drawing was produced as a classroom demonsration and completed later in my studio.

Sleeping Female-1
Conté on paper
20 X 26 inches
2006

This drawing was produced as a classroom demonsration and completed later in my studio.

Sleeping Female-2
Conté on paper,
20 X 26 inches
2006

This drawing was produced in my studio in the summer of 2006. The problem resolved here is the integration of the angular composition of the figure, the circular support, and the rectangular format.