Ink Drawings - For the Love of Death

I love the permanence, the finality, of working with ink on paper. As opposed to some of the other work I do (such as the digital art and photography, and to a lesser extent the oil paintings), working with ink on paper is final. There are no second chances. Mistakes get thrown out. In fact, the cotton paper that I have used for this series is so delicate that you cannot use pencil and then erase - the eraser simply pulls the paper apart.

About the meaning:

Sitting along side the rest of my drawings, there is a clear progression in thought and subject matter. A notable oddity is ‘Demographic’ which is based on a heartbreaking story that I heard recently: somewhere outside of Joburg a schoolboy heard that he passed Matric. His classmates were unfortunate to have not passed and so they beat him to death. A horrible tragedy that deserved a dedication.

About the series:

The name of the series is For the Love of Death. It deals with lamentations on life: its oddities, its sadness and its joys.