Look close, very close. My work is a collage of a million tiny ink dots from a pen that is a little bigger than a human hair. The technique is most often called Pointillism. For me it’s not so much about the microscopic, more it’s the ‘depth of scale.’ There’s so much more to a scratch on the surface - it’s a valley filled with bumps and boulders, bushes that become trees and sometimes even creatures. I use color variation and distance between the dots to create light and explore the shadows.
I like to draw subjects that have weathered - ancient trees, pitted metal or stone - things that have changed over time, I draw their age. If it’s a section of anatomy that’s interesting I try to see through the skin to the veins, muscles and skeletal structure. Repeating precise dots frees my imagination to wander the landscape of the bigger picture. Read Less