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pencil on paper drawing – image size: 30” wide x 22” high (ORIGINAL SOLD) The title is a play on the word and the physicality of the drawing itself. If you turn this drawing on each side, and upside down, you will see the same face looking at you. (All ways) It also is a memorial – to commemorate some friends and family in my life who passed on but who I’ll remember and want noted for “always”. There are names in the trees and bark, and there is even a tiny little poem in the grass. Good luck finding it. I can only when looking at the original. It says: “The purpose of love and art are the same – to stop the clock.” (You can see the original framed drawing on the wall behind me at one of my solo shows a few years ago.) / AND, now available as a mug at Zazzle: / Always mug /
Pencil on paper (arches) drawing (ORIGINAL ON HOLD) This is about having a lot to say but being cut off from being able to say it. That’s why her hair is so noisy. (grin) I’m serious! As a funky T / As a framed T / AND, as a mug if you pop over to Zazzle: /
pencil on paper (unknown kind) drawing – 20” wide x 30” high – ORIGINAL SOLD This piece has seen the world. It spent a number of years touring Australia in Damian Michael’s Visionary Art Exhibition – hanging next to H.R. Giger, Laurie Lipton, Alex Grey and many other “fantastic”/visionary artists. This was drawn during a difficult phase of my life – but one of ultimate growth. It’s been very interesting to hear the many interpretations this drawing has provoked in viewers. I had someone ask me once if this was a female crucifixion scene. (no!) I was trying to say A LOT at that time in my life but felt I was mute in the world. So I decided to draw it instead. There are a number of variations of this drawing available as T-shirts in my Clothing section: Signed and numbered limited-edition prints are available at my main web site cynthia’s store
pencil on paper (Stonehenge) drawing – 22×22” – ORIGINAL SOLD / Signed and numbered limited-edition prints in two sizes are available at cynthia’s store There are so many stories to tell about this piece – wild coincidences, terrible tragedy and ultimate redemption. / I still don’t know if I can tell them all here now, but if there is one take-away to be had, it’s of the power of vulnerability and trust in oneself in the face of daunting odds… / I’ve included a not so great shot of me with the original. I had it framed so it was floating on suede. Here it is after receiving a Best of Show honor along with “Ennead”. detailed version of Event at RedBubble Please check out the numerous T’s with this drawing featured in my clothing section. /
pencil embellished limited-edition print of pencil drawing “Heliotroped” / (The original drawing was done on standard white layout paper – in a spiral bound tablet – I had to draw it twice because as I went I smeared it and had to redefine the lines the second time out.) See if you can find the poem that was tucked into this print and then sent to me anonymously. Update: Aug. 2, 2009 / I finally located the entire poem today. It was on the back of a Klimt postcard given to me at the same time the print was. / Here it is: .......................................................................................................... “When I met her / she lived, / isolated, / on a narrow lane. She had a wrought-iron fence / with a black rose growing through the gate, / locking it. The rose was groomed beautifully. / The gate it seemed had been locked for years. She would say little about the gate. / But she seemed very proud of the rose. / Eventually, she accepted a gift from me. / The gift was a white seed. A white rose now grows, wild and resisting any grooming. Still, she regards the rose with fear and awe.” ..................................................................................................... Plus there are a few T’s in my Clothing section featuring this image (or parts of it…): / Turned tree T Galactically bent T-shirt Turned solar T-shirt
pencil on paper (Stonehenge) drawing – ORIGINAL SOLD So this is a take-off on that game of what force is stronger than the other, but it’s also a little play on those words. This is my wish – perhaps naive of me – that love is the force greater than all the darkness. His/her little face makes me happy. That’s enough. Since this is a circular image, it doesn’t lend itself well to a greeting card in full, but if you visit the detailed entry of it, it works really nicely that way. Here are some examples of some of the things available in full image: / Signed and numbered limited-edition prints are available at cynthia’s store
pencil on paper (Stonehenge) / drawing Hmm… / let’s see, sometimes I’m SO Obvious. / I was 47 when I drew this.
pencil on paper (taken from a pad of “drawing” paper from the early 80’s) drawing Another oldie! / Ah, those big eyes I was obsessed with BACK THEN. / Well, friends tease me and say it will be considered one of my “periods”. What you can’t see is that there is a whole top layer of trees that were drawn on the black background and when you look at this from other angles, they are visible – just quietly – like a subtle varnish. This is all about different phases of life borrowing the term of growing to fullness, or “waxing” of the moon. / My name actually means: Of the moon – or lunatic – you pick which fits. hahha! (Original for sale. Email for serious queries.) / You can see it behind me in this overexposed shot from a solo show I had: /
pencil on paper drawing – ORIGINAL SOLD (signed and numbered limited-edition prints are available through my main web site) cynthia’s store Well, I don’t know that I recall that far back anymore – as I did draw this during my thirty ninth summer here on this planet – influenced heavily (think steal!) by the Rossetti from the Tate. Ah, such a sad little story going on in this tangle. Maybe I was having another pity party… Most likely! / / ALSO, as a T, in my clothing section: / /
pencil on paper (arches) drawing / image size: 16 3/8” diameter Here is a shot from the first day of drawing: /
pearls, cut out print of drawing, print, wrapped and archival glued – on 1” thick plywood Last year I participated in a local benefit exhibition where the artists are given 12×12” blank plywood boards and we can embellish them as we desire. I wrapped a portion of one of my prints of my drawing Autumn’s Child on the board, cut out another one of it – and added pearls to create a 3D effect.
pencil embellished limited-edition print of pencil drawing This was also done for a benefit exhibition. AND, at Zazzle, this mug /
pencil, colored pencil, pastels on linen cover stock (Taking a walk on the scary side, I was playing over the past few days with c O L o r .) / Go to my Clothing section for some T designs: / / / At Zazzle, you can find this mug: / mid may maiden mug /
detail of my pencil on paper drawing passage AND, a T-shirt with the full drawing is available here at RedBubble in my clothing section:
Just for Drawing Day 2009, this special edition of my pencil drawing “Cacophony” where little items have been added to commemorate. I don’t keep track of the pencils or types of pencils I use. I’ve used many brands and every degree of soft and hard. I forget what papers I use. I know – I should keep track of this stuff. I’ll try to do better in the future. In honor of all pencil pushers out there in the world – my humble offering… AND, in my clothing section, some variations on the original:
Colorizing part of my pencil drawing Manifestation / / and adding some birds from my drawing Eleventh Hour / / comes this hybrid for RedBubble. This T-shirt in my Clothing section: / ALSO, at Zazzle, available as a mug: / Manifestation With Birds Mug /
This is a night light that I made using a very old drawing of mine “Little Wing Lost”. I cut it into pieces and attached it to a large base I made for it. I then added some branches and a smaller lower box for her chest. I cut out some of my own prints and magazine images and secured them to that. Behind, inside the base, I stuffed it with white lights. Then I wrote over her entire face and neck. My husband was making cookies while I was doing this – watching me – and he said, “Stop writing down everything I’m saying.”, which of course, I was doing and didn’t stop. It took top honors at a regional show a few years ago but now resides in my studio. Here’s a shot of it at the gallery with me next to it for scale. It’s about 5.5 feet high by 2 feet wide. / At night when it’s lit, there is a simple silhouette that shows through the face. (below) / (On the floor – lit – but not dark in the room yet – just showing you her full size) / And in my Clothing section, this T for thee… /
Taking my pencil drawing, “Aller en Blanche”, for a walk in the bog. Here is the original drawing: / (In my Clothing section, this version of a T) /
I know, I know, I know. / If I’m such a devotee of Eckhart Tolle for such a long time, then why in the world do I still wait? Why? Why? Why? I confess. I do. BUT, at least I’m aware of it when I am. That does change things. A little. Slices of my pencil drawings / Heliotroped with Tattoo & Guest Poet / and Least Resistance / gives you this exclusive RedBubble marriage.
This drawing is currently being exhibited in a regional show in the lovely Anderson Arts Center – an old villa turned gallery on the shores of great Lake Michigan. This is a detail portion from The Witness
Autumn 2009 – pencil on paper This was created using 2,4 and 5B’s (that acted like H’s) on a non-marked cotton rag paper that acted like a cranky toddler. 8.6” high x 11.75” wide This is the very naughty paper I bemoaned a while back. / I really wish I knew the name of it so to avoid it at all costs the rest of my life. But anyway, enough of my moaning, it’s done. This was a hard one to title. I really couldn’t figure out WHY I was drawing it in the first place. I started out a few months ago making it very large – 30” across, but that’s when I had a fit and tore the paper in half. The catholic in me had to find redemption so I took a little bit of it and decided to try it again. The image wouldn’t leave me alone. It was strange though – it didn’t want to title itself. It typically shows up close to the finish, but even just a few days ago, it was not here. Humpf. A few tried to flirt with me. Didn’t work. I thought I’ll just let it rest. Until yesterday, when life and it collided. A friend sent me that quintessential Anais Nin poem for other reasons and I knew that I must take the first portion of it for my title.. And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin / US (French-born) author & diarist (1903 – 1977) ......................................................................................................... And suddenly, it all made perfect sense. So bloom my dears, bloom… / (smile) (I’m very happy to report that a slightly cropped version of this was included (and sold) in the Australian Mirrors Art Exhibition) This photo below was taken November 1 at The Anderson Arts Center where the framed original made its debut. /
A somewhat modern take on two of my older drawings – one, VERY old, Waxing / / married up with the face from To Know Clouds / / with some further atmospheric changes… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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