Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
I had thought most of the drawings I’d done back around 1990 were lost forever, just because I had no idea what happened to them. But it turns out a bunch of them survived and were tucked away by my brother, who just gave me a small folder of stuff I had mostly forgotten about.
The thing that strikes me more than anything is that these things are a testament to the fact that I once had the ability to sit down and focus on a single task for at least an hour at a time. Although I could [probably] technically still execute any particular feature of a drawing like this, I think it might actually be impossible for me to find the focus to produce a complete image. I would likely get bored and restless very quickly and look for something else to do. Still, seeing these images again after all this time makes me wonder if I should challenge myself to try a bit of analogue art again, after all these years.
BTW I’m assuming there’s loads of symbolism buried in the background there but I’ve no idea what it means. Like what’s with the plant that seems to be inside and outside simultaneously? And the envelope? The hammer is probably just a bit of Pink Floyd influence…
The blinds are bleeding!
That explains everything
Can you remember where you drew this? I still have a couple you drew of me from the same era. One done in my lounge and one from your sister’s place at haberfield. We were just hangin out and you were content to doodle away.
No idea, somewhere with a large mirror I guess :)
My first sketch from Haberfield (first thing I drew after Jo gave me nice book and pen set): http://intepid.com/media/2012/09/Scan-10.jpeg
You really should grow the locks again man
it seems like its drawn from a mirror… so i flipped it… enhance… [Vangelis music etc] – The envelope was faked! The stamp is in the correct orientation prior to image being flipped, therefore I suspect it was not in the original room and you, my friend are a replicant.
and yes, it would be really super if one could edit one’s comments after posting… “it’s” and “prior to THE image”…
Impressive detail in these drawings. Even back in the day when, like everyone, I used to draw more often, I don’t think I ever had the discipline (or the talent?) to draw such intricate complete scenes.
Liking the vertical hatching too.