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Temples & Cathedrals

The Quickening Image is the story of a radically new drawing technique: It incorporates both wet and dry materials, as well as both linear and painterly elements. It derives its power from juxtaposing and resolving many contradictory tendencies: drawing/painting; wet/dry; careful/spontaneous; planned/accidental.
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The Quickening Image

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Selinute X

pastel on sanded board
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Selinute XI

pastel on paper
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Selinute XII

oil on linen
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Kiosk of Qertossa

oil on linen
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Paestum VI

pencil, wax, ink, charcoal, Char-Kole, pastel, Nu-pastel, conte on paper
Paestum V
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Paestum V

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Agrigento I

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Cathedral I

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Cathedral III

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Cathedral IV

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Cathedral V

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Cathedral VI

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Cathedral VIII

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Paestum I

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Paestum II

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Paestum III

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Paestum IV

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Selinunte I

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Selinunte II

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“Temples and Cathedrals” is an on-going series of large-scale mixed-media drawings, utilizing the ‘wax resist’ technique. Executed on paper, these black and white works use wax as a resist for subsequent ink washes, which are then further developed in charcoal, […]
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