Brian Demers
Unfortunately, I’m running out of image space in my blog storage so I can’t post these full size. They’re very much worth looking at in full resolution because Brian Demers is a cross hatching virtuoso.
It’s hard to tell at this size, but these pieces are made pretty much entirely of tiny delicate line strokes.
Regarding his work, Demers states: “I work in ink because there is no going back; once the stroke has been laid, it is permanent…much like decisions in life. My work is very personal, and explores themes of alienation and absurdity. I’m a very solitary person, and utilize art to attempt to understand the strangeness of the world that I see around me.”
Huh…it never occurred to me to think of pencil as particularly non-committal in art, but he does have a point about pens.
See more, and the full size images here.
January 11, 2016 at 9:22 am
Sometimes it takes a grasshopper in a cup of coffee to really understand the world
January 23, 2016 at 2:30 pm
Amen.
January 11, 2016 at 2:55 pm
very extraordinary. I like the fish in the first drawing.
January 23, 2016 at 2:29 pm
That’s one of my very favorites of his.