Purple Sheet
ink and pastel
20.3 x 43.2 cm (8" x 17")

In this drawing the model looks more dead than alive. She was alive and did enjoy the pose and the chance to catch up on her sleep.

Similar to yesterday's drawing, the nose is too big. All the better to breathe, you say?

Hair No.2
graphite, ink, charcoal, and pastel
24.9 x 27.7 cm (9.8" x 10.9")


This is the same model as in yesterday's drawing. Both drawings were done in the same session.

The model's nose may be overdone.

Hair
graphite, ink, charcoal, and pastel
25.4 x 17.8 cm (10" x 6.8")

Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair
Flow it, show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair

(The chorus from the lyrics to 'Hair', from the musical of the same name, Hair.)

House, Raglan Road
oil
16.5 x 19.8 cm (6.5" x 7.75) ■


This house is across from Omand Park in Winnipeg. The park is a favourite place for baseball, fishing, and hanging out in the summer, and tobogganing in the winter.

Young Man Standing
charcoal and pastel
50.2 x 35.6 cm (19.75" x 14")

There is something very awkward looking about this drawing. It's close to being accurate, but not close enough to be entirely convincing.

Leg Up
gouache
22.9 x 30.5 cm (9" x 12")

This painting was done without a preliminary drawing, using inexpensive paint. The paint didn't mix well. It quickly lost its' colour and vibrancy when mixed. Overall, however, the result is acceptable.

Sawyer Harbour, Wisconsin
gouache
11.4 x 17.8 cm (4.5" x 7") ■

Sawyer Harbour is part of Sturgeon Bay, which opens on to Green Bay. Green Bay is the distant body of water in the painting. They are all part of Lake Michigan.

The view is from a watch tower, built in 1932, in Potowatomi State Park. The park is just north of the town of Sturgeon Bay.

There are actually a couple of islands in the harbour, which I've left out of the painting. In this case, I thought less was more.

The painting is sketch for a larger work.

Nina Berman, Purple Hearts, images of American soldiers back from Iraq, at the Jen Bekman Gallery, New York.

Seated Model
graphite, ink, and charcoal
35.6 x 27.9 cm (14" x 11")

One of the interesting things about this drawing is that you don't at first notice that the hands have no fingers. At least, I don't at first notice.

If you've checked Zeke's Gallery recently and found no posts, it's because of some legal difficulties Chris Hand of Zeke's Gallery has been having. Fagstein has chronicled the affair and has the explanation. blork blog reports that Chris Hand expects to be back online 'after the smoke clears'.

A couple of hundred people were out to the opening of 99 Pieces last night at the cre8ery in Winnipeg. A good time was had by all.

Back No. 2
graphite, ink, and pastel
22.9 x 15.2 cm (6" x 9")

This drawing was done with pencil and pen during a drawing session with the model. It was coloured with pastel a couple of weeks later.

Lake Michigan No.1
gouache
11.4 x 17.8 cm (4.5" x 7")

This is the first of two studies for an oil painting. I like it, more than the second: Lake Michigan No.2. It's simplicity seems quite convincing.

The second study which is posted below, seems a little dull.

This view of the lake is from the shore north of the beach at Whitefish Dunes State Park in Wisconsin. The park is northeast of Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay.

Wisconsin has some lovely beaches on Lake Michigan, as well as an excellent network of state parks.

Lake Michigan No. 2
gouache
11.4 x 17.8 cm (4.5" x 7")

T. Reclining
graphite, charcoal, and pastel
17.8 x 39.9 cm (7" x 15.7") ■


The model is a young contemporary dancer, now in Vancouver for a butoh workshop. She is the same model as in the drawing posted Monday, July 30th.

Hopefully, we'll be seeing more of her in the future. She is an excellent model.

Omand's Creek
oil
16.5 x 19.8 cm (6.5" x 7.75") ■


Omand's Creek runs through a part of Winnipeg's west end which is mostly industrial. The part of the creek depicted in the painting is almost at the mouth of the creek where it joins the Assiniboine River. The Assiniboine covers most of Manitoba, flowing east to west.

Manitoba has had a lot of rain this summer. As a result, the banks of the creek are quite lush.

Yellow Woman
graphite, ink, and pastel
15.2 x 17.8 cm (6" x 7")

I'm afraid that I couldn't think of a better title for this casual drawing than Yellow Woman.

The drawing was coloured after the drawing session was over.

Trees, Westview Park
oil
15.2 x 10.2 cm (6" x 4")

This was a simple, but odd scene. The trees seemed off-kilter; the sky was darker than usual. The gravel path was two toned, running from a dark reddish grey to a light yellowish grey for no apparent reason. It was the oddness that first attracted my attention, and still attracts my attention.

Westview Park is Winnipeg's only real hill. It's a converted landfill, which is now home to joggers, cyclists, children, dogs, and innumerable prairie dogs, or gophers, if you prefer.

I will be travelling for the next week and I do not expect that I will be able to post anything until my return. Unless I discover a computer in the woods, the next post will not be until Friday, August 10th. Thanks.

Hands On Hips
graphite, ink, and charcoal
35.6 x 23.8 cm (14" x 9.375")

The model is quite a bit older than she appears in this drawing. It's not so much that the drawing flatters her, as that her apparent age varied depending on your viewpoint. From the side she looked like a teenager, whereas face on she looked twice as old.

I didn't have the courage to ask her her real age.

Bike Trails, Westview Park
oil
16.5 x 19.8 cm (6.5" x 7.75") ■


The sketch for this painting was originally posted on July 9th. I have reposted it immediately below.

There's not much to choose between them.

Sketch for Bike Trails, Westview Park
gouache
11.4 x 17.8 cm (4.5" x 7")

Westview Park is a former Winnipeg landfill. It's slowly been transformed into a park, and it's the only hill of any size within the city. Winnipeg is on the northeastern edge of the North American prairies, as well as the Red River flood plain, which is why the city is as flat as it is.