Utley drawings
This suite of ongoing drawings are based on poems written from an early mentor of mine, Tom Utley. In the 1980’s we wrote to each other often and shared many personal thoughts. But, without explanation on Tom’s part, the correspondences ceased.
Each drawing chromatically translates words from Tom’s poems, reorganizing the words and altering their linearity Each collection of colored bars is a word. And their geometries underscore the layered nuances and dis-junctures in organizing language into poetic communication.
Defining Stars; Graphite and Colored Pencil on Paper; 17” x 14”
Why Do I Wake; Graphite and Colored Pencil; 17” x 14”.
Man Keeps the Animal; Graphite and Colored Pencil on Paper; 17” x 14”
Part of a Lexicon; Graphite and Colored Pencil on Paper; 17” x 14”
A Soliloquy; Graphite and Colored Pencil on Paper; 17” x 14”
The Mind is Round; Graphite and Colored Pencil; 17” x 14”.
Outcroppings; Graphite and Colored Pencil; 17” x 14”.
There Are No Adults; Graphite and Colored Pencil; 17” x 14”.
I Walked Past a Star (A); Graphite and Colored Pencil on Paper; 17” x 14”
I Walked Past a Star (B); Graphite and Colored Pencil on Paper; 17” x 14”