Landscape/Architectural Drawings
Often images of abandonment and decay, I see many of these landscapes as testaments to a long-gone, American manufacturing base; to a time when a person could support a family on one pay check and had that job for life. Some of the work is personal to me, being of my family’s farm and dairy, while others are of mill buildings and factories in northern Rhode Island.
In addition, some of these images were produced while I was on vacation in S.E. Massachusetts and Martha’s Vineyard.
"The Old House", graphite on paper, 7"x4", 1992
"The Old House", graphite on paper, 15"x12", 1993
"The Good Is Oft Interred," graphite on paper, 1992, 5 1/2"x3 1/2"
"The Good Is Oft Interred," graphite on paper, 1993, 24" x 17"
"Building with Hoist Rig", graphite on paper, 6"x4", 1990
"From the Farm House Roof," black chalk on paper, 30"x22", 1992
"From the Farm House Roof," (detail)
"From the Farm House Roof," (detail)
"Industrial Rooftop," black chalk on paper, 30"x22", 1992
"The Wake," graphite on paper, 5"x3 1/2", 1990
"The Wake," graphite on paper, 22 1/2"x17", 1993
"The Wake," (Detail)
"Nothing on the Table", graphite on paper, 13"x8", 1995
"Horseneck Dune Shaper," graphite on paper, 6"x4", 1990
"Horseneck Beach Campground," graphite on paper, 6"x4", 1992
"Dairy Roof," charcoal on paper, 1993, 30"x20"
"The Narrow Ledge", charcoal on paper, 29"x20 1/2", 1993
"The Narrow Ledge," (detail)
"Factory Roof," black chalk on paper, 29"x18 1/2", 1992
"Dowager", graphite on paper, 6"x3 1/2", 1990
"Dowager II", graphite on paper, 6"x3 1/2", 1990
"Toward the Old Cow Barn," graphite on paper, 1991, 5" x 3 1/2"
"Stack with Oil Tank," graphite on paper, 1992, 5" x 3 1/2"
"Artesian Well Shed", watercolor on paper, 7"x4", 1993
"Corner of Leyden and Lovell", watercolor on paper, 7"x4", 1993
"Corner of Leyden and Lovell", graphite on paper, 7"x4", 1990
"1014 Park Avenue", graphite on paper, 5"x4", 1995
"Manhattan Rooftops," graphite on paper, 1990, 7" x 4 1/2"
"Mill with Snowy Dusting", graphite on paper, 6 1/2"x3 1/4", 1997
"Spring Thaw, St. Francis Cemetery," graphite on paper, 6"x4", 1995
Mill Complex, Blackstone Valley, RI", graphite on paper, 5"x3 1/4", 1997
"Ashton Mill, Blackstone Valley, RI", graphite on paper, 5 1/2"x4", 1997
"West Chop, MV," graphite on paper, 6"x4", 1990
"Snowy Tracks by the Ashton Mill," graphite on paper, 6"x4", 1997
"Adolescence", charcoal on paper, 29"x15 1/2", 1996
"The Comfort of the Nest," charcoal on paper, 1999
"Factory Demolition," Charcoal, black chalk on paper, 30"x20", 1993
"Industrial Detritus," charcoal on paper, 1999, 30" x 22"
"The Gleaner", graphite on paper, 5 1/2"x3 1/2"
"Demolition Site," charcoal on paper, 1999, 30" x 22"
"Guernsey Family", graphite on paper, 13"x9", 2004
"Near the End, Pondering Origin", Graphite on paper, with plaster, plywood and acrylic paint. 6' tall, 2003
"Near the End, Pondering Origin II", Graphite on yellow paper, with plaster, plywood and acrylic paint. 7' tall, 2003
"Near the End, Pondering Origin", detail showing the landscape drawing that enwraps the entire pencil form
"Near the End, Pondering Origin", showing detail of the landscape drawing that enwraps the entire pencil form.