The Drawing Ideate Project
October 20th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
IDEATE: verb [ trans. ] [often as adj. ] ( ideated)form an idea of; imagine or conceive
Drawing is a way for me to generate ideas. It is a process by which I consider new visual relationships. Recently I have begun work on a group of drawings which are originating out of my new studio in Chicago. Being in a new city, a new studio with everything in a new place feels like the ideate trifecta.
These drawings have the visual suggestion of being wildly uncontrolled but actually are not generated simply by chance. In making them I have been using several different types of patterned and repetitive hand movements along with awkward tools such as ink pens loosely taped to the end of a stick and little pieces of ink soaked paper towels dragged and even thrown against the paper. They have a lyrical use of media which generates an unexpected type of line that surprises me. I then try to take advantage of those surprises in the drawing.
Previous to these new drawings I have been working on a series of notional paintings based on 17th century Dutch still life’s. These new drawings refer to my current paintings at times in their botanical and shape references (some look like a volumous flower drawing) and at other times the drawings create new possibilities for the paintings. Both drawings and paintings seem comfortable being contained within the confines of the canvas or the taped off edges of the paper. Sometimes I need a defined play area to get messy in. Both paintings and drawings continue to feed each other.
With these thoughts in mind I have launched “ The Drawing Ideate Project”. Part portfolio, part online store where you may follow my visual progression and even purchase drawings that interest you. I love the daily(usually) practice of drawing and I want you to have one of a bunch of them, so I have made it very easy and extremely, crazy, affordable. See the fine print below and thanks for taking the time to look.
The Fine Print: All drawings are for sale for $45 including shipping via USPS.( contact me directly to make multiple purchases to save on shipping) Purchases can be made via PayPal (you don’t need a PayPal account) or you can send a check. Go to www.richardkooyman.com and click on > Portfolio > The Drawing Ideate Project. All drawings are identified by title ,image size/ paper size. Questions email me richardkooyman@yahoo.com
Extra Fine Print: This is my first foray into the world of PayPal. If you experience a problem let me know.
