Drawings in ink and pastels

My first memory of life is drawing, sitting on the kitchen floor with my crayons. I draw every day. Drawing is like breath. Some subjects I return to again and again, thousands of times. Pencil, brush and ink, pen and ink, pastel, charcoal. When I write books or plays my mind is busy making drawings of them to show me what I'm about. But the drawings are also plays and books, with the rest of the tale implied.

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wolf homage
 
Wolf Doing Homage, 2002
puppet-master
 
The Puppet Master, 1999
buddha
 
Buddha and a Mongoose, 1999
bankhead
 
Slagheap at Bankhead, 2001

 
green suit
 
Man in a Green Suit, 1999
megaphone
 
Megaphone, 1998
chester arthur
 
Chester Arthur, 1999
lordnorth
 
Lord North & Edmund Burke, 1999
From Obscure Moments in American History

 
wormingford mere
 
Wormingford Mere, 1998
wormingford mere
 
Wormingford Mere, 1998
wormingford mere
 
Wormingford Mere, 1998
Read the The Legend of Wormingford Mere
flyers
 
Flyers, 1999

 
storm
 
The Great Storm, 1987
after storm
 
After the Great Storm, 1987
confection
 
A Confection, 1996
haytruck
 
Overloaded Hay Truck, 2002

 
pursuing chambreuil
 
Police Pursue Chambreuil, 2000
arresting chambreuil
 
Vidocq Arrests Chambreuil, 2000
dragging chambreuil
 
Police Drag Chambreuil, 2000
chambreuil insists
 
Chambreuil Insists, 2000
Read about the Vidocq drawings.

 
porcupine behind tree
 
Porcupine Behind Tree, 1999
mirror
 
His New Red Jacket, 1999
monika expelled
 
Monika is Expelled, 1999
molecatcher
 
The Molecatcher, 1990

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