I really enjoy seeing where my thoughts take me as I start with a basic idea, then I form it into smaller art pieces, then I like putting everything I got into creating a fine art piece that has no mistakes. All of my everyday life distractions seem to disappear the deeper and deeper I go into the art piece, to the point that the subject of the art piece is secondary to its overall perfection. This to me is a masterpiece!
Using drafting templates to create the overall outlines with a black pen, then filling in the outlines with colored pens. This piece is 20" x 30" and took over 1000 hours to create in the early 1990s. Once finished it was given to my parents as Christmas gift.
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When I was taking photos of the color masterpiece with my iPhone, I started playing around with the different edit settings that the iPhone offered and suddenly this amazing black and white image was presented. For years I enjoyed seeing this art piece hanging on the wall at my parents house but the colors are in such detail that the art piece to me seemed to be somewhat lost. To me this black and white version is mind blowing!
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One day I came across a very interesting plastic doily, which is a plastic ornamental mat that has a lace pattern. Since I love using drafting templates to create drawings of mandalas with, the doily became my next template challenge. Outlined in black pen, then areas filled in with black pen. The doily only provided the external line pattern, all other inner lines were all drawn without the use of templates using a very steady hand. Looking at the close up photo to the right, you can see how each inner pattern secondary lines are drawn to absolute perfection. This masterpiece is 30 1/2" x 3o 1/2" and took 700+ hours to create, named "The Kings Table Top," finished in April 1985 and given to my parents as a Christmas gift.
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I was creating many black and white mandalas at the time and wanted to create a more color psychedelic piece and this is what I came up with. The colors over time unfortunately slightly faded, originally using Le Pens for the color. Luckily this art piece was kept away from being directly in the sun otherwise the colors would have totally faded. Named "Physical Graffiti," 22" x 22" using drafting templates to create the outer design, then filling in with color ink pens. Overall this piece took 400 hours to complete made October 1985. |
This is the only photo I have of this beautiful art piece. My vision was to create a mandala where the color ink lines looked like strings. This art piece was faster to create and came out beautiful as each color line held its own slight difference which created the perfection I was seeking. I gave this art piece to my parents as a Christmas gift in 1984. 30" x 30" on white poster board. My parents framed the piece and it was hanging in their bed room for many years. Over time the colors started to fade as the Le Pens markers I used didn't last against the sunlight the room received every morning. Overall this art piece took 250 hours to create. Completed 11/1984. |