Tag Archives: Graphite

Leora Armstrong – Falls Village, Connecticut

Briefly describe the work you do.  My concepts have evolved around the issues of external light and reflection, working with edges or fields of colour, using various media.  The work depicts the energy and space  of light in the landscape, … Continue reading

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Terry Arena – Ventura, California

Briefly describe the work you do. My most recent work, Symbiotic Crisis, explores the vulnerability of the honeybee and its ancillary impact on our environment, economy, and food sources. One-third of the crops we eat are supported by pollination from … Continue reading

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Stacey Alexander – Pasadena, California

Briefly describe the work you do.  There is a moment right before falling asleep that reality and imagination are completely indecipherable. I tend to go back and forth between reality and almost dreaming, this state of mind is so interesting … Continue reading

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Anne Horst – Germany

Briefly describe the work you do. Digging, thinking, wasting, writing, looking, smoking, twinkling, mixing, sewing, collecting, breathing, holding, drinking, deciding, running, discarding, rejecting, accepting, deciding, decinding, deciding, painting. Tell us a little about your background and how that influences you … Continue reading

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Neerja Kothari – Kolkata, India

Briefly describe the work you do. Through drawings, text and sound, my work is an investigation of the absurdity in trying to quantify an experience which cannot be. Derived from multiple instances and memories the work is an accumulation of … Continue reading

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Heidi Hogden – Boston, Massachusetts

Briefly describe the work that you do. My recent body of work consists of a series of graphite drawings on paper that investigate the area around my childhood home in the township of Franklin, Wisconsin. Each drawing presents a unique interpretation of the … Continue reading

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Alexander Petersen – Portland, Oregon

Briefly describe the work you do. My work is characterized by highly refined graphite drawings and illustrations, which are often accompanied by text. Drawings range from small, tightly rendered images to large, gestural articulations. Technical concerns deal almost exclusively with … Continue reading

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Laura Turon – El Paso, Texas

Briefly describe the work that you do. I explore the process of mark making which has become my main focus—also, the idea of transferring or even destroying my work. That is, I often use tape to transfer the graphite from … Continue reading

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Taryn Wells – Medfield, Massachusetts

Briefly describe the work you do. My work explores racial classification in the modern age and how it pertains to that of previous generations.  I work mainly in graphite (on smooth bristol) so as to mimic the black/white theme of … Continue reading

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Charmaine Ortiz – Carolina Beach, North Carolina

Briefly describe the work you do. I work with graphite and seek to challenge its capabilities through new applications including object making, printing, and airbrushing. I make my own graphite pencils and also incorporate factory-made graphite pen cils into my … Continue reading

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