The Tools

A record of the marks, and the marks they leave on us.

Nothing here is mass produced. Every line, every dot, every smudge is produced but once.

The artist stays out of the frame. The hand stays in the work.

A graphite line, laid into the tooth of the paper.
A graphite line, laid into the tooth of the paper.
A ballpoint, black ink, drawing a single line.
A ballpoint, black ink, drawing a single line.
Charcoal, dragged and smudged by fingertip.
Charcoal, dragged and smudged by fingertip.
Oil pulled across raw linen. Loaded, then released.
Oil pulled across raw linen. Loaded, then released.