Ink, graphite, and digital art
Welcome to my portfolio! I create intricate and elaborate ink and pencil drawings, along with digital art, all crafted with patience and dedication.
In my mostly monochromatic work, I strive for elegance and a balance of line and form and place high value on draftsmanship. My practice is a form of slow art, where time is a tool as much as the pen or pencil. Choosing my subjects, I am inspired by my life philosophy, my reading, and an appreciation for detail and subtlety.
This series of portraits is, for the most part, based on photographs by Earth, an Oregon-based artist who has an uncanny knack for candid photography. Aesthetically, my drawings aim to capture the beauty that does not conform to narrow canons and to explore the fascinating diversity of human features. In terms of draftsmanship, this series is my attempt at embracing the finality of ink as a medium and a practice in trusting the process - finding likeness through the looseness of the scribbled lines.
Personal projects and commissions, some drawn traditionally, others digitally.