The new year brings new creative energy! Recently, I've been drawn towards using charcoal for my portraits. In keeping with the natural theme of my ink and feather drawings, I love the textures and expression that charcoal allows for. It was so nice to be able to use my fingers to smudge and really feel the faces I was drawing - something you can't do with straight ink! There's something very primitive about this medium which gives it a very special significance, especially f

A little something I'm having fun with at the moment - using ink and feathers (Goose, Parrot or Cockatiel) to create portraits of people that I know and love. Using these natural tools, I'm attempting to be more open to however the ink wants to flow on the page. At the same time, I'm trying to keep the expression very central to each piece. It was daunting at first, not being able to 'undo' anything, but that's just part of the thrill and I've learned to love it. All of the a