Here is the first in a new drawing series that I started last week. In other news, I have a lot of very experimental and very time consuming projects going on in the studio right now (photos of works in progress to come...) This makes for a sometimes exciting and sometimes frustrating day at the races.
Recently I have felt the pressing urge to do a little something on the side that is not so arduous, a series where the stakes are not so high, the media is pretty straight forward, and each drawing can be completed in about two or three days, tops.
Thus I present the first of the "Victorian Murderesses" drawings. These are all inspired by a thrift store hardback I picked up some years ago (see the awesome cover below...) I have never actually taken the time to read these women's stories, but I am intrigued enough by their names (Florence Bravo!, Euphemie Lacoste!) and the book jacket, that I am letting my imagination run amok with the material. All these works are dry drawing media (graphite, colored pencil) with touches of gouache and India ink. And yes, there is some collage there as well, aerobics instructors (in fishnet tights!) hovering around the edges of the composition. Angels or demons, you be the judge...
