| We
aspiring artists in Daniel Dove's intermediate drawing class
at UT-Austin only had four assignments to prove our mettle,
and my first two had not gone over well with the class,
despite a relatively successful track record in my wake
heading in to this class. Knowing I needed to turn my bad
fortune around stat, desperate measures were called for.
The
parameters of the third assignment called for a central
subject matter to be obstructed by an object or form in
the foreground. After ten or so unsuccessful sketches and
with only one class period to spare before the deadline,
I whipped out a spontaneous sketch inspired by fascination
with geometric shapes and grids, which ultimately led to
the finished product. The class went wild over it, signaling
my redemption. The realist-abstract hybrid model I used
in "abattoir" would return in later paintings.
A
family friend later commented that this drawing made him
think of the apocalypse. Let's not get crazy here, folks. |
