THE SILVERPOINT SERIES
The Silverpoint Series spans fifteen years, with over one hundred images, and is divided into four major categories: flowers, objects, windows, and animals. There are a few cultural concerns and some subtle political comments. The Silverpoint Series was an adventure, an open door into a graphic world in the stream of consciousness.
History
With a boom of popularity and the widespread use of graphite in the seventeenth century, the necessity of metalpoint (the use of various metal wires for drawing) was eclipsed. Metalpoint, unlike graphite which transfers easily to almost any material, requires elaborate surface preparation. For whatever other problems the metalpoint medium of the Renaissance encountered, its use in combination with modern industrial materials serves as a superior means toward the achievement of perfect draftsmanship. The images of the Series are a journal of the discovery of technique, materials, surfaces, textures, and the degree of line and form wherein the dimensions of media and personality blend into a reflection of an encounter which produces an individual style. (continued...)
THE SILVERPOINT SERIES
FEATHER DUSTER #2
Silverpoint #87
1978
60 x 40
DRAGONFLY
Silverpoint #96
1980
30 x 40
BOLINE ROPE
Silverpoint
2009
FIGURE 8 ROPE
Silverpoint
2009
DRIED ROSE
Silverpoint #15
1967
AMERICA'S CUP
Silverpoint
1988
CLOTHESPIN
Silverpoint #43
1968
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