The layering of marks is a way of building and reflecting on experience – capturing presence and suggesting an absence or loss of being through obliterating the surface.
The development of a personal language, as a vehicle to convey meaning and ideas, is central to my practice and an endeavour to express the fragility and frailties of life and the human condition.
lifedrawing 0410 charcoal conte watercolourpencils on arches 80 x60cm
looking forward
tomorrow’s dream (sold)
‘no heroics required’ mixed media collage on paper 50×40 cm
second self that rests within
lifedrawing
altered perception (sold)
dream (sold)
lifedrawing (sold)
journey (sold)
‘the conversation’ mixed media on 220gsm cartridge 60 x42 cm
‘where endurance has no bounds’ mixed media on rives 80 x60 cm
I read the news today (sold)
studio shot working on the visit
lifedrawing
can we still be friends (sold)
sweet siren song
life drawing
float (sold)
sold
cherish both sides
a part of me
life drawing 2013
if i can’t see you can you hear my dreams
sold
lifedrawing
hannah (sold)
lifedrawing
feigning sleep (sold)
lifedrawing 0409 charcoal conte watercolourpencils on paper
the brides mother wore a secret smile (sold)
monkeyride
St. Sebastion’s Wife (sold)
lifedrawing 0416 indian ink on paper 60 x 40
sold
‘my imaginary friend’ mixed media on arches 20 x 20cm
the visit
lifedrawing (sold)
Your work is great. I love the way you capture the the human form. Your use of color and line is amazing! Thanks, for liking my post, too.
Thanks for leaving such a generous comment on my drawings gallery. Your work is inspired and I shall look forward to seeing more in the future. It is always exciting to see how differently other people use line in their work 🙂
I am a sucker for drawings and you have some beautiful work posted!
Thanks really appreciate your comments I am heading back to browse some more through your site – I love your approach.
Veronica, are the works in a sequence? The command of color is quite outstanding. The exploration in the drawings at the top is intriguing.
Are the works in sequence? – almost – the most recent are at the top of the page – so there is a kind of progression. There are lots more unfinished / not posted.
I struggle a lot with the drawings and like to show that struggle through the layering and exploration of line and form. I often almost completely block out a ‘finished’ work with gesso and allow traces from the original to reveal themselves – and work over with a completely different image. The two top images started in quite different places. Thanks for your interest, comments and questions.
Expressive drawing with so much energy.
thanks appreciate your comments – I am enjoying your process and loving your drawings.
I enjoy our work. Is the drawing “dream” available for sale?
So sorry Will – ‘dream’ has been sold. Thanks for your interest – work is currently available through Anthea Polson Art http://antheapolsonart.com
These are incredible! Do you do commissions? I would love one!
Hi Comfort – I am currently represented by Anthea Polson Art, Southport Australia. The gallery has a good selection of work and if there was something here or on my Instagram account that is available I am sure they would be helpful. Humble apologies I don’t normally do commissions – my experience with them has not been overly positive. Thank you so much for your generous comments and interest in my work kindest regards
I feel something in my heart when I look at your work–it includes laughter and compassion and fearless expression. Thank you.
Carol what a beautiful comment to wake up to – you have certainly made my day thank you so much x
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Hi Veronica, I love your drawings and sculptures, saw them first on Instagram. You are an inspiration to me as I attempt to draw more, and to loosen up in my drawing. Are your figures always drawn from life, or are they from your imagination? Sheryl
Hi Sheryl thanks for your email – yes most of my drawings and sculptures are developed from images developed in lifedrawing sessions. I am very lucky that i attend and help run a weekly lifedrawing group – this provides me sometimes with actual drawings that I can build on – but mostly very good source material. Sometimes I draw without a model or working drawings – I don’t use photographs as I find they interrupt my interpretation 🙂
Thanks Veronica…. yes. lots of life drawing, that’s the thing!
Love your work. Do you work with oil on canvas or usually on snowden paper. When working on paper, do you feel putting it under glass takes away from the experience of your art?
Hi Vicki thanks for your question – if I have a drawing on paper that I want to paint I will use a clear gesso on the paper then paint in oil and these could be left unglazed – I have at times waxed drawings that have been glued onto boards / and I do paint on canvas. Yes the glass does interfere with the surface but in our humid climate the paper might deteriorate really quickly ?
Hi there, I love your art! have you any prints for sale?
Thanks a lot,
Paddy O’Dea
Hi Paddy thanks for your interest Studio Gallery Melbourne currently has some large scale prints but will be listing s couple of smaller ones in the next few days. Currently they are the only Gallery supplying any limited edition prints of my work. Best wishes