Rocks on the Road...pencil

Rocks on the Road (Michigan Road Series) Pencil on Paper…20” x 20”

The fascination of composition, texture, and the ever longing need for complexity and of course more then a slight nod to abstraction was this works catalyst.  In this case wandering with a pencil through every rock and pebble, every flaw and crack in our vanishing roads is the “why” and 350 hours seems like nothing in this journey it was absolute Zen, meditative yet a battle to create the illusion of the real.  In my mind this is very akin to drawing the Grand Canyon…if you have the imagination and foresight to really see our small world underfoot. This series will include drawings, abstract photography and encaustic works. 

Is been a while since I have posted a drawing on DA but I was 300  hours into a portrait called “White Innocence” when during a demo someone dumped their cup of coffee over it, and it was ruined.  I am now going start this one again, it’s a major shift in the kind of portrait I have done in many ways I might do it as a wip but im not sure at this point.  
Thanks you all for looking

Armin