One cold day in the middle of January, I sat down for lunch in a cafeteria with six coloured pencils, a pocket sketchbook and a slice of pizza. Little did I know that a small boxed-in drawing of a fellow looking up at a fish in the sky would be the beginning of "Trudger," a daily drawing project about a figure in a space going somewhere. Sometimes the figure is hard to see... especially if she or he is inside a house or a submarine. Sometimes the figure is not human. And sometimes the figure shares the space with others. Through this process, I was able to give myself a daily allowance of playfulness so that no matter how much problem-solving I had to do in reality, there was also time for at least fifteen minutes with my imagination as well.
This project ran from January 18'th 2008 to January 17'th 2009: one full leap year of 9 x 9.5 centimeter drawings in coloured pencils. A daily blog was kept for a month delayed from the beginning of the project as well, and it can be viewed here.
Check out my blog post about the current show in Joplin.
The works on display in Joplin are being offered here in the shop.