Something In The Shadows

I watched my 3- and 5-year old sons duck into the studio from the backyard while I chatted with a neighbor. Normally I'd have a moment of pause to think of the unattended ruffians going into, say, a foam-padded room with floor drains, never mind an art studio…

Ray GamradtApril 17, 2020art, charcoal, salmon, Alaska, fishing, artwork, underwater

Driftboat, Revisited

There's a nebulous relationship between appropriate detail, foundational form, the interplay of hard and soft edges and a myriad of other variables that each contribute to whether a piece feels “real.”

Ray GamradtApril 16, 2020art, Alaskan fishing, artwork, salmon, fishing, charcoal, Kenai

Driftboat

As I progress through a piece of artwork I am aware of a fleeting sliver of gray area that exists in the realm between not-quite-finished and overworked…