M.M.Bygrove

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. 

Ink portraits

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.

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Gallery

Personal projects and commissions, some drawn traditionally, others digitally.

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Ephemera

Digital, Procreate on iPad, 2022

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Moon: A Portrait

Ballpoint pen on paper, 2022
40cm x 40cm

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Memento Mori

White lead on black paper, 2023
40cm x 50cm

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The Golden Boy

Graphite and gold leaf on paper, 2023
35cm x 50cm

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Entangled Life

Digital, Procreate on iPad, 2003

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4000 weeks

Ink on paper, 2023
50cm x 60cm

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Tree Triptych

Graphite and gold leaf on paper, 2024
15cm x 15cm each

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Bute Yard

Ink on paper, 2024
30cm x 50cm

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If You Go Into the Woods

Ink and graphite on paper, 2024
35cm x 50cm

Sketchbook

Studies, doodles, copies, ideas, and all the other behind-the-scenes drawings. Unfinished, unpolished, necessary.

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