mharmanart

Still Drawing

A year plus later, I am still drawing and taking classes at UMASS Dartmouth.  I have a gorgeous new light-filled studio off the back of our house and plenty of time to work. Drawing is still pretty much all-consuming and time screams by when I am in the studio. Just when I think I have figured out something about how to see and touch I am humbled by how hard it is to really see and get that on paper. Sixty-plus years of looking and thinking I know what I am seeing gets in the way. I want my drawings to look felt and feel touched, and that is harder than it sounds. I'm not sure where the drawing is taking me, but do we ever know? Here are a few drawings:

 

 

Hibernation and Flowers

I've been hiding away, taking classes and drawing a lot. Not much new work to show yet, but a few pieces are going into a local group show this week. Because I like to work from living things, I often turn to flowers during the winter. The hand is moving and I hope that if I look very hard, the work will both embody and transcend the beauty.

 

Winter Roses #1 (2012)  9.75 x 13.5

Winter Roses #2 (2112) 15 x 22.5

Mary+ Matt in Couples Show

We were delighted to be included in a group show of local artist-couples at the Judith Klein Gallery in New Bedford, MA.

 

 

Mermaid at the Beach

The Immortal Zelen Sky

 

Star of the Sea

 

Horseneck Winter

Light Study #14

 

After Mondrian, Trees Along the Gein

 

Town Lot, Little Compton