The Space Lady, a mood-setter and guide for this series: The Space Lady - Synthesize Me "I started these drawings in September 2017. The fires in the (Columbia) Gorge had happened. The Eclipse had happened. Summer was fading away and fall was just beginning. I always get melancholy during this time in the season but this particular point in time I felt a heaviness and darkness along side it. I discovered The Space Lady around this time too." Sickly 2017
[Image Description: Direct-address image of torso of a femme figure, depicted in charcoal, and shades of grey. The figure is facing the viewer, and sticking out their tongue. Light, long hair blowing or floating to the viewer's right. Dark shirt or blouse. Their eyes gaze rather blankly forward, with thick eyelashes. ]
"She's a musician, mainly playing covers, but has her own songs as well. She plays keyboards with lots of reverb, echoes, distortion and sings softly and beautifully. She claims to have had an other worldly experience with aliens when she was put under during a hospital visit." Stuck 2017
[Image Description: Direct-address image of torso of a femme figure, depicted in charcoal, and shades of grey. The figure is facing the viewer, with closed, downturned, painted mouth. Dark, curly or wavy hair. Striped shirt. Their eyes gaze rather blankly forward. ]
"I mention her because I listened to her obsessively while creating this body of work. I feel as though she guided me and set the mood for the series. I also got to see her play the day I drew the first 'Icon'. I told her that this drawing was a direct result of listening to her music and thanked her." Stoned 2017
[Image Description: Direct-address image of head of a femme figure, depicted in charcoal, and shades of grey. The figure is facing the viewer, and slightly smiling, showing teeth. Dark, long straight hair. Their eyes gaze rather blankly forward, slightly uneven.]
"I went into my studio to draw because I felt like I needed to get something out. I needed a release. I drew the first 3 drawings, all portraits of no one in particular, all women (?), all looking like snapshots or pictures. I was thinking about different expressions or feelings- expressions that other people make or that I make. Simple enough, and very therapeutic for me." "The second group consists of....I think of them as my own set of Icons or Sensitive Higher Beings. I'm not sure how to title them, still not sure I will."
Icons or Sensitive Higher Beings:
2017
[Image Description: Charcoal image of a femme figure. The figure is facing the viewer, and wearing a long, charcoal/dark grey cloak. The figure's left arm is outstretched to the right edge of the frame, open palm, facing upward, with rays (of energy?) emanating upward. Their eyes gaze rather blankly forward-right. Wide nostrils, indicated by two dark dots. Frizzy, dark hair, blending into the dark cloak. Their mouth is open, and a second mouth is in the center of the forehead, also agape.]
2017
[Image Description: Sanguine or red charcoal image of a femme figure. The figure is facing the viewer, and wearing a long, red cloak, rendered in loose, unfinished marks. The figure's eyes gaze to the figure's left/viewer's right. The hair is depicted as a choppy, straight, cheek-length bob. Their mouth is slightly open, and five thin red lines are drawn downward, from the lower lip to the chin.]
2017
[Image Description: Charcoal image of a femme figure. The figure is facing the viewer, slightly to the figure's right / viewer's left. The figure is wearing a long, charcoal/dark grey cloak, with a tight hood. Their eyes gaze rather blankly upward. Wide nostrils, indicated by two dark dots. Cheeks are depicted as light grey, indicating flushing or blushing. Their mouth is open.]
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