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“Afterflood” Pencil on acid free Illustration Board 40” x 30”

This almost kicked my ass, I started it in early April completed it the last day of August.

In the area where I live there is a flood plain, every spring these trees are by and large underwater. I came upon this place when the waters receded- I was blown away by the complex movements of line; limbs, branches, twigs and brambles that seemed to be hanging on for dear life. Because it was this complex I had to draw it, the composition was inspired by one of my heroes Franz Kline, often abstraction is the catalyst to my compositions, my previous drawing being inspired by Pollock. The unexpected difficulty in drawing thousands of branches weaving over and under, lost lines, found lines and keeping track of all of it was a bit crazy, but rather Zen at the same time. I worked form life, photos and pieces of twigs that I collected it was quite the journey. After almost eight months on trees I’m off to do a portrait, can't wait.

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*carlyanderson May 7, 2013  New member Professional Traditional Artist
Love the detail, I could never get tired of looking at this
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~oldfolkie Jan 25, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
Brilliant! Truly a labor of love
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Mood: Speechless *nackmu Dec 16, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I would have never had the patience to do that - you're incredible!! :faint:
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~popoviczr Dec 12, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
very good! I like how complicated it is :)
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=Jon-Wyatt Dec 11, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
That's incredible! To even contemplate this as a drawing must have taken some serious guts.
You are a very brave individual.
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Mood: Wow! ~moni-kaa5 Dec 11, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
wow, the details are incredible :O
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Mood: Wow! ~flamingflowerSPD8 Dec 11, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Seeing some pieces of amazing art here, I thought my mind couldn't be blown away more... but this is INSANE!!!! Your level of patience and resistance to madness is extremely inspiring! I can't move my eyes away *_*
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Mood: Wow! *blanket86 Dec 11, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
This is so amazing! Great work!
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~phoenix132 Dec 11, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Wow! No wonder it took so long, it's incredible the amount of detail in this! Amazing work :)
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~writetopaint Aug 21, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Indeed awesome!
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