DRAWINGS
Studies for Entwined and Chambers
2008 - 2009

These drawings are studies leading up to the Chambers series of watercolors in 2008, and a new, second series still in-progress, Entwine. More work will be added throughout the year, so please check back.

In late 2007 after completing the installation piece Ruched LIfe I started to draw and paint other domestic interiors. (Ruched Life referred to interiors in a nineteenth century octagon house in upstate New York.)

While looking for another subject, the search gathered momentum when I rediscovered some Marx tin dollhouses in a local antiques shop.

Then I dug out some of my 1950's and 1960's interior design books.

I also looked at decorative objects like wall mirrors and etageres. A detour to view old Hanna-Barbera Tom and Jerry cartoons was necessary because I love the cat and mouse floor-up-view of those high-ceilinged pre-war interiors.

As I worked through these ideas, I came upon Mount Pleasant, an 18th colonial mansion that is the source for Chambers.

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