When I Studied at the Ontario College of Art (OCA), I learned very quickly the value and necessity of learning
to draw. Drawing is the basic grammar of all visual arts. Without an understanding of perspective, texture, grain,
tone, design, composition and the behavior of light, it would be almost impossible to illustrate one's ideas visually.
While at OCA I spent 10 to 12 hours a day drawing or painting. Three quarters of that time was spent drawing. I
chose nudes and animals as subjects. Animals due to the variety of textures and light events which occur on their
surfaces. The nudes I chose as all lines in nature exist on the human body, and the body is something we are all
intimately familiar with.
The following are examples of the early animal and nude studies.
 Ram 29K jpeg |
 Caribou Calf 22K jpeg |
 Caribou - 1 year 12K jpeg |
 Cooper's Hawk 16K jpeg |
 Cedar Waxwing 19K jpeg |
 Bison 27K jpeg |
 Common Iguana 19K jpeg |
 Blue Heron 36K jpeg |
 Caren 33K jpeg |
 Nude 42K jpeg |
 Elana 32K jpeg |
 Nude 37K jpeg |
 Nude 35K jpeg |
 Nude 71K jpeg |
 Nude 42K jpeg |
 Nude 51K jpeg |