My concentration in college was drawing, which some referred to as “the kiss of death” for any serious artist.  Yet the freedom and simplicity of drawing just fit me. My drawing professor was frustrated with the way the art world looked upon drawings. They are usually viewed as studies for other art mediums.  In my work I am looking for a way to traverse this line of thought.  Could a drawing contain the same splendor that a painting holds and still maintain the essence of a drawing?
      The advantage of pencil is having firm control of what’s put down on paper, unlike the brush, which, having bristles and a liquid medium, doesn’t allow for this level of control. Some people might call my works paintings, but the technique that I used had little to do with painting. There is no liquid to blend, no oil or linseed,

no palettes to mix on. To create new colors with pencils you must really layer them on the paper.  It is even important how much pressure you bring to bear on the pencil. You can quickly understand that drawing lines with a painterly approach can be quite time consuming. Yet the end results can be very gratifying and you truly have a work which can stand out from others.
This was not crafted from paint but from the sharpness of a pencil.