Nonsense. The Beginning.

I think I can trace back many of my art tendencies to my first initial infatuation with Henri Matisse...but much of my current mark-making, I think, came about much more recently. As stated in the "Men of Influence" post from yesterday (http://marionart23.blogspot.com/2013/06/men-of-influence-series.html) I took a break from painting a few years ago that lasted as long as any art-break I could imagine....a few months. And though I didn't quite fall in love with ink drawing nearly to the extent that I have with painting, some invaluable "switches" were turned over the few months of mark-making.

Take a look at a few of the first drawings...some of the first instances that I worked a bit of illustration and type into my art....one of those "ah ha!" moments where nothing is really ever the same...at least in terms of art.