Storybook Drawings Category
xenia and her kettlebells
Posted on December 23, 2015 Leave a Comment
Music is Runaway by Jamiroquai.
the ivy leaguers } short ivy tall ivy
Posted on June 13, 2015 Leave a Comment
Music is Sweet Harmony by The Beloved.
coral and yazoo
Posted on May 31, 2015 Leave a Comment
I must say that these girls are in demand! And that suits me fine because I’m enjoying my time spent creating them. Coral and Yazoo rock to Madness’s Baggy Trousers.
and finally, fernanda and z
Posted on May 24, 2015 2 Comments
The one on the left is Fernanda (thank you, Lubna) and the one on the right is Z. Z isn’t short for anything. It’s just Z.
meet amalie. and agnes
Posted on May 23, 2015 Leave a Comment
I named this woman Amalie after a friend’s daughter. I imagine the original Amalie will grow up to be this. As for Agnes, that was a friend’s suggestion for the subject of this portrait. But I’d already chosen Amalie, so I decided to introduce another subject. Woof woof!
the well-dressed, well-coifed bulgarian lady who occasionally cheated
Posted on May 21, 2015 2 Comments
Listen as you watch: When I started this picture earlier this evening, I was stuck. I knew I wanted to put something on this woman’s head, I just wasn’t sure what. A little ways in I posted my progress on Instagram. Minutes later, my friend Lubna Saif Abbas left a comment: I imagine her with a set of […]
leporello } sometimes life is more manageable in sections } part I
Posted on August 6, 2014 Leave a Comment
I just ordered two accordion notebooks and am so excited to create my storybook drawings in one of them. I was inspired to use this format after I visited the Etel Adnan exhibition at the Mathaf Museum in Doha last spring. And thanks to my own exhibition’s co-curator Namkha for teaching me the word ‘leporello’. I love it.
hour drawing two } fifth hour
Posted on April 26, 2014 2 Comments
Since we’re fishing: Turin Brakes ‘Fishing For a Dream’
