Back before The Black Hand Group

Probably 2000 or so.  I did a little oil study of this model as well.

Craft paper doll

Okay, a little cute with the title but what do you want?  Untitled 384?

Nicholas days

This is from the days before we declared ourselves "The Black Hand Group".  Nicholas Gallery was our original home and the Thursday night group was organized by Max.  Unfortunately the gallery decided to close it's doors.  Unfortunate not only for our group but mostly for the city and region.  Nicholas was the hands down finest gallery in the area.  We had access to some of the best contemporary realists around and also to some of the masters of days gone by.  I still mourn the passing of such a wonderful art haven, but it did provide the impetus for our group today and it gave me access to those same great artists who, to some degree, grace our walls at Gallery Interiors.

Two

To make up for yesterday. Again, sorry for the lapse. These are both older drawings from the Nicholas Gallery and MSU-B days. Not sure if I've evolved or devolved in my drawing style but at least it's still fun.

Another collage... sort of

This is another of those pages with multiple images that I always find so interesting. Just a series of small, insignificant drawings that serve only as a means to further my understanding of the model. This was done long ago at the former Nicholas Gallery here in Billings. Sigh, many of us really miss that gallery.

Thursday Drawing

Tonight we meet for our weekly figure session at the YAM.  Our model tonight has been with us from the start, going all the way back to our days at the Nicholas Art Gallery.  A moment of silence for the nicest gallery in Billings, if not the state.  It certainly rivaled anything in Jackson Hole, WY, the closest art mecca we have.  The Nicholas introduced me to Wilhelm Kuhnert, one of my favorite artists.  It is also where I met most of my local art friends, a lot of whom are hanging in my gallery.  Although the Nicholas is gone it is not forgotten.