Mining in the Field of Art

2 pages from one of my student sketchbooks, Hal Isen drawing instructor

page detail

page detail from another page in that same sketchbook

The note says: When there is no contrast the “form” is flat and no design - there is nothing.

When there is “total” contrast the “form” is flat and there is a design there is a composition

(”total” contrast being only black and white and no grays)

Done after seeing a Henry Moore exhibition of small sculptures and drawings & some of the imagery is based on the news images from Viet Nam.

for Confused Curators  © 2008 Ed Zerne

Another section of the Lincoln Gallery [SAAM] with drawings of my work from the 1970’s superimposed. A Romp in a Field of Art   © 2008 Ed Zerne

Another section of the Lincoln Gallery [SAAM] with drawings of my work from the 1970’s superimposed.    © 2008 Ed Zerne

Photo of a corner of the Lincoln Gallery [SAAM] with my work superimposed on the walls.   © 2008 Ed Zerne

No Christmas for Tina, 1989 © 2006 Ed Zerne

It was a cold wet snowing day as I drove to the cemetary overlooking the Schukyl River outside Philadelphia. Tina had died of her addiction and was to be interred. It had been quite some time since I had seen her.

At the service were her mother, two music teachers and three friends & classmates. She had been one of the most talented musicians that I have known. As a teenager she had played the violin in a major Symphony. She played the piano, the clarinet and other instruments.

I arrived early and sat in my car sketching the above scene. Just before the hearse arrived a flock of geese flew in the direction the hearse would come from. I walked up the hill to the tent that awaited Tina’s coffin. She was buried beside her brother and her father.

I returned to my car after the service and sat there drawing, meditating… shortly another flock of geese flew in the opposite direction as if to carry Tina away.

Self portrait, grafite on paper, 1989 © 2006 Ed Zerne

Detail © 2006 Ed Zerne

Myth, Chaos & Creation series © 1995 Ed Zerne

Myth, Chaos & Creation series © 1995 Ed Zerne

Garlic & Jalapeño, 4.25″ X 6″ [10.8 X 15.24] © October 2006 Ed Zerne

Lemon and Pear, 4.25″ X 6″ [10.8 X 15.24]  © October 2006 Ed Zerne

Mushrooms, 4.25″ X 6″ [10.8 X 15.24] © October 2006 Ed Zerne