It Just Takes Time
It Just Takes Time is a series of drawings which are the result of my daily meditation. Early every morning I retreat to my studio for an hour or two and pick up a pencil to draw. Each of these large drawings has taken an incredible amount of time. Yet time is irrelevant in the process, for every stroke of my pencil is a timeless moment, only the drawing and the tools in my hand have any significance.
Each work is done on 100% cotton paper, and are of various sizes ranging from approximately 38" x 50" to 50" x 70". An assortment of graphite pencils are use, from extra large to small. Tissues, erasers, blending stumps all come to hand when needed. It is the process that describes the end result. The images are of places I treasure.
The end goal is to be able to walk into my drawing –to step into that marvelous space of light and dark that graphite work creates.
The four years it has taken me to produce this body of work can be likened to a period of rest, thus my choice of the pencil, which is such an undemanding medium. It is a record of time spent in slow contemplation of lyrical lines and textures found in the forest and mountains around Revelstoke. BC. Each piece has taken so long to produce that the beginning is often forgotten before the end. The images shift and change slowly over time much like the way things in the forest shift and change over time. It just takes time, and that is what this body of work is about, taking time to create something just right at just this moment in time. It is more about grace than meaning.
