Drawing with a mouse is a real challenge! These drawings evolved from my work with photographs and Photoshop. Working in that medium, I often use the wave filter and other effects to give my subjects a loose, dreamy, unstructured, intangible feel. In studying those pieces, I one day found myself understanding, really knowing, that I could get a simpler yet more intense version of this same effect by using an almost scribbling stroke to "draw" freehand (or should I say free-mouse??)… And I could create a scene from my mind rather than from a photograph! I realized that with a very minimalist style I could suggest a complete scene or story. I grasped that I'd be able, with only a few squiggly lines, to explore the subjects, express the emotions, and answer the questions… at least for myself. Just as a haiku poem uses only a few words and syllables to get across a complete idea or universal truth, these drawings economize on stroke, shape, color, and form… yet they still evoke deep emotion and strong reaction. Like abstract art, these drawings are more about suggestion and aesthetics that they are about reality.

In confronting that blank canvas with just a few scribbly lines at my disposal, I learned that every thought is a starting point, and every line is a form. I learned that the mind can fill in the blank spaces better than I can, making the image say something different to each person who views it, adding it's own story and frame of reference. I learned that the artist only starts the work; the viewer competes it. I learned to see images more as a discussion than as a statement… non-verbal communication from my heart to yours and back again as you interpret what you see and attribute that to me.

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