1. Untitled # 24                                    2. Stream                                                                 3. Untitled # 25                                 4. Washed Ashore                                 5. Valentine's Day                                                    1. " Untitled # 24 " is a piece I just realized, how early it was created, in 2003! It is important to share it still, because of the relevant subject m...

1. Chiseled                                        2. African Sculptor                               3. Comic Page Fantasy # 1                4. Point Of Destination                       5. Good Eatin'                                                          1. " Chiseled " was inspired by the vintage black and white photographs, I discovered online, featuring black men. This was a treasure to find. They are beautiful pictures of an era I did not know existed. To see these men in such a light, that captures their naked bodies, is really powerful! There was one that spa...

These are random pieces that I am excited to share.  I explored various subjects and themes, with the same spontaneity as previous works, in which they were created free hand, and without much premeditation. I placed the ballpoint pen at a starting point, and added whatever seemed to accompany the previous lines best. For example I would draw the shape of a head, with certain facial features and see a particular mood from the expression and suddenly develop a story or narrative regarding what should proceed. I would think "This guy looks like he is about to eat something or kiss someone " and another object (food ) or another head (kissing) would be drawn. The drawings continued to be from an improvisational approach. Sketching from memory or the imagination is like this for me. So this era of drawing was very impulsive for me, and just as therapeutic as any other period. But, there are several pieces that I did prepare more sketching and thought, to achieve a certain aesthet...