A graphite drawing I have been working on.

A drawing from the last page of my moleskin sketchbook – influenced by a Johnny Cash song and a so-so Polanski film with Johnny Depp as a rare book dealer who’s chummy with ~gulp~ Satan.

This is a detail of a new drawing I’m working up for a promo postcard. I’ve been saving screenshots of it in-progress for a good step-by-step after I’m finished. I have really enjoyed working on this one bit, after Julie, my wise invisiblewoman correctly concluded that the head I had previously drawn on there wasn’t up to snuff. Much could change between now and the finish…More later!

Woman reading a magazine article entitled ‘Celebrity Feuds’/Jazz musician in Washington Sq. Park

Last Sunday (October 16th) 83% of the Invisibleman team got together for our first “art lodge” (Sorry Barb…maybe when you’re up in NYC next!).
We brewed about a full pound of dark, oily Gorilla coffee, scarfed many hearty Bergen Bagels and busted out 25 pieces of artwork which we all had our hands in.
Kurt was the task master, setting the majority of the sessions to 5 minutes per artist, then the artwork was passed to the artist sitting next to you, and you picked up where they left off…or completely obliterated thier planned masterpiece. We did a few speed rounds of a minute per artist at the end. After a full rotation, we grab some new paper, forage for some new supplies and start again.
It was a fascinating, liberating exercise, with many guffaws and strange marks being laid on paper. Unusual materials were passed among artists, and bizzarre images emerged as we listened to WFMU’s terrifying Horror Compilation as a soundtrack.

These drawings were inspired by necessary items we never think about. Like wine glasses and knives. Familiar and banal, they can be fun things to draw. Also, it’s hard not to be shaken by our energy crisis. Maybe in the future we’ll all have a personal gas can/energy account to look after.