Drawings on Mylar & DuraLar
These drawings compose mostly Greek and Roman sculptures alongside astronauts and space shuttles. This isn’t just to emphasize the lineage of human progress from ancient ideals to current technology. These drawings also compress the classical and current—as well as their respective principles and innovations—into the same time and space, as, someday, the technology which presently enthralls us will become obsolete while ancient philosophy lives on.
Whereas most of my artworks are drawn with silverpoint on a gessoed panel or paper, these large-scale drawings differ: they’re mixed-media works completed on DuraLar, a polyester film used as a popular drawing surface, or on Mylar, its twin. Creating images on a plastic composite rather than traditional, fibrous paper alludes to the technology inherent in spacecraft and space exploration, making Mylar and DuraLar a fitting material to use in depictions of astronauts and space shuttles—especially as Mylar is used as insulation in the arms of spacesuits. Mylar and DuraLar’s versatility, durability, and smooth surface invite more technical drawing exploration, and hence more abstraction in design, markmaking, and level of finish.
