10.25″ x 22″ Color Pencil

13.5″ diam – Paper: 22″ x 22″ – Color pencil

The hands in “Letting go” are delicately touching or holding onto the face of the figure. Is this a drawing of a memory or a dream? Whatever its meaning, the figure within the circular composition is intertwined with a set of disembodied hands.

This colorfully quiet color pencil drawing was inspired by a rough year health wise in 2019. As with a lot of my artwork, they are journal entries. This drawing is no different. It is a symbol of my journey while healing from surgery and coping with my cancer diagnosis and treatments. Maybe a part of the healing process is knowing when to let go. . . It is often a difficult choice to make in life. We have all had to let go of something, and I see this piece as an illustration of one such moment.

15″ x 19″ – Color Pencil

Cover Your Eyes, but Never Hide is a visual representation of the self and the multiplicity within us.  Our experiences, culture and the time in which we live shapes who we are. We are influenced by, but sometimes struggle against the multitude within.

Paper: 9″ x 12.5″ Frame: 12″ x 15″ – Color Pencil

Scott Hutchison’s Infinity is a color pencil drawing of two hands. It is a study for a painting titled: Tenuous Grip. The hands position looks like it could be making a symbol for Infinity. It’s fitting, as it relates to all of my latest work. My artistic research focuses on the idea that we are not a singular snapshot in time, but a product of a deeper pool of experiences. Most are based on digital collages I put together from multiple poses. Not Infinity. The irony is that this pose is quiet and contemplative. No movement except for the marks on the surface and the color transitions.  Please go here to see the painting done from this sketch.

5.25″ x 13.5″ – Color Pencil

A moment of recognition explores the ideas of identity through a representation of multiple faces in one portrait. It is a color, value and proportional color pencil study for a future larger work.

10.5″ x 20″ – Color Pencil

A moment of recognition is a color, value and proportional color pencil study for a future oil painting. I am exploring the ideas of identity, time and space, much like most of my current body of work.

Color Pencil – 16.5″ x 10.5″

A surreal color pencil drawing of a woman with her eyes closed. She hugs herself and peers inward. The quiet mood of “Close Your Eyes, So You Might See” is enhanced by the soft colors, the faint light on her face and her pose. I am exploring new ways to abstract and complicate the figure by overlapping two figures..The overall effect of using different figures as the subject allows me the freedom to experiment with the compositional structure and play with space. Using multiple figures also adds a new layer to the psychological impact of the piece and surprises come into view.

12″ x 18″ – Color Pencil

Ornament is a color pencil study for the oil painting above. It is a continuation of my interest in abstracting the human form and movement. The hands and fingers have an ornamental quality and extend beyond the figure, reminiscent of a ceremonial headdress.