Bunnies

This post is merely transitional, to use up some pictures of bunnies cluttering my desktop. The first four are of mixed media on paper by Kay Tuttle, 2006.

The last two are from an old how-to book about drawing (thanks for the scans, Danelle!)

We'll get in to Tuttle's work in more depth tomorrow.

Francesco Clemente is Dreamy

I do not know from whence this image came. I collected it to my desktop a while ago, without attribution and absent of specs. I'm posting it anyway because unless I do, I will keep craving it, like a frosted cinnamon bun in the bakery window at the Looney Bean. It is a work on paper of Francesco Clemente's mind. I know for a time, the Italian artist worked with sign painters in India, and has said his imagery is the stuff of dreams and symbols, life and death, sex and self-portraiture.

Did you draw anything today?

I was out walking the dog today near the canal. The wind was howling and the sun was stuck behind a cloud formation they call the Sierra Wave. The water flowing through this landscape is crystalline, and if you don't mind a little cow piss, almost drinkable. All the trees are barely holding on to their leaves. A bird -- I think it was a kingfisher -- flew right by me, and the dog alighted after it and straight across the canal, coming out the other side and running head on into a pair of mules. The surprise on his face was only a small part of the thing that inspired me. Next time I will bring a sketchpad.

(BTW, I also do this blog: http://mudsocks.blogspot.com.)