Red Sink and Water

Description:

Having officially ventured into a new drawing medium, with ballpoint pens, Red Sink and Water was an effort to develop a comfort with ink and actually started as an imaginary still life, with nails piercing three curious objects that resemble fruit.

However, after adding a broken spout with water pouring out of it, and, because of my use of red ink, Association kicked in and conjured memories of times bent over a sink, tending to a bloody nose.

In the dry climate of West Texas, nosebleeds were a common occurance for me, every summer, and this drawing (which is now framed and hanging in my studio) became a permanent record of those moments.