DAILY DRAWINGS
One a Day / Parallel Play
Drawing across time and time zones.
Two friends since kindergarten. My friend the artist Emily Clark lives in New York, I’m here in San Diego.
Every morning since February 2020, we have each drawn one object from observation and texted it to one another.
I grid my 22”x22” paper. Each object within a square or rectangle of the grid is one of my daily drawings. Each sheet includes up to 21 individual daily drawings, and takes about three weeks to complete. So far there are 65 completed sheets.
When we were little, drawing was play, and it might have gone like this:
“What do ya wanna draw?”
“I dunno. What do you wanna draw?”
Then maybe we would decide to draw elephants, or Mouse Houses (there were so many rooms!)
We sat side by side. She had her paper, and I had my paper. Separate drawings, same activity.
Parallel play.
ALL PANELS ARE WATERCOLOR AND GRAPHITE ON PAPER, DIMENSIONS 22”x 22”
Panel Number 79, Two feathers, black and blue birds, chess queens, (new crown)
Panel Number 78, California poppies, partial solar eclipse lemon, magnolias, (Don't touch magnolias, Kharkiv)
Panel Number 77, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Bambi
Panel Number 76, Black crow, 2 frogs
Panel Number 75, Blue bird, starry sky
Panel Number 74, 2 eggs, leaves, flowers
Panel Number 73, Black crow, 2024, black swan
Panel Number 72, Black swan, black flowers , bluebird
Panel Number 71, dandelions, rearing horses, bluebird
Panel Number 70, MG, RG, 26
Panel Number 69, Cards, cats, deer
Panel Number 68, Rearing horses, black swan, dandelions
Panel Number 67, Blueberris, 2 butterflies, trumpet flower
Panel Number 66, Pastry mixer, 2 boys, Micky mouse
Panel Number 65, Black flowers, half eaten apple trumpet flowers
Panel Number 64, Trumpet flowers, black swan, ladybug (framed)
Panel Number 63, Gray horse, spotted leaves, ladybug
Panel Number 62, Imperial, bluebird, king, queen (framed)
Panel Number 61.5, (Vickie and Stephen O'R.)
Panel Number 61, Cards, poppy, needle and thread
Panel Number 60, Matzo, Ah Ha, poppies
Panel Number 59, Blue, Black, Black, (framed)
Panel Number 58, Nasturtium leaves, pear, green monkeys
Panel Number 57, Don't Worry, several horse's rear ends
Panel Number 56, 3 cards, 3 nasturtium leaves (Emily Clark)
Panel Number 55, Cucumber, 2023, 11 /11
Panel Number 54, Green men, quilt pattern (MF/PP flat file detritus)
Panel Number 53, Top, Full, grapes
Panel Number 52, A-Okay, RG 25, pomigranite
Panel Number 51, Water melons, 3 Queens and a Ukrainian cat named Gorokh
Panel Number 50, Bronco Busters red tomato, 3 cards, (framed)
Panel Number 49, Cement frogs, dogs, boat, (from Steve's garden)
Panel Number 48, Still, Handmaid's Tale, shells
Panel Number 47, Big artichoke flowers, stork, Danny Does It
Panel Number 46, Our Best, cantaloup, big grape leaf, (framed)
Panel Number 45, AJF, 1957
Panel Number 44, Big green leaf, 3 deer, pear half
Panel Number 43, Sister, brother, chickens, (Kharkiv to Lviv)
Panel Number 42, Scallion, chickens, bagel
panel Number 41, Big artichoke, OG, mayonnaise
Panel number 40, Red &white stripes, Don't Worry, O'Sun
Panel Number 39, Paper doll, red&white stripes, big brown leaf
Panel Number 38, Threes: carrots, seed pods, yellow foxes, ( 3 years of Covid)
Panel Number 37, Bird of paradise, 2022, tulips
Panel Number 36, Liquitex jar, horseshoe, bamboo frond
Panel Number 35, Boy, stork, thorny twig
Panel Number 34, Green tomato, MF vase, red radish
Panel number 33, Spaghetti chef, 3 red peppers, RG 24
Panel Number 32, Pineapple, pomegranate, paint brush
Panel Number 31, Alarm clock, candlestick, blades of grass
Panel Number 30, Cat and fishbowl, horseshoe, figs
Panel Number 29, Big green leaf, 2 cards, 3 shoes
Panel Number 28, Yes glue, purple artichoke, cheesecake girl on phone
Panel Number 27, Killtoids, Kwatta, grapes, (vintage French advertisements)
Panel Number 26, Clock, eggplant, 5 stacked men
Panel Number 25, Don't Worry, 49er, Victorian couple
Panel Number 24, Insurance, 3 feathers, pink swan switch plate
Panel Number 23, race horse, green vase, 3 running deer
Panel Number 22, Purple iris, Basketball player, 8 ball
Panel Number 21, Big girl, lovers, horseshoe
Panel Number 20, Blue teapot, 3 tulips, moose
Panel Number 19, Telephone, MF vase, boy & girl
Panel Number 18, Red king, bananas, stingray
Panel Number 17, Clock, 2021, elephant
Panel Number 16, Brontosaurus, limes, mango
Panel Number 15, Biden Harris, Watermelon, (2020 election day)
Panel Number 14, Bed, sink, dolls, (my childhood toys)
Panel Number 13, Ricard vase, RG, bird of Paradise
Panel Number 12, Nude girl, Indian elephant, &
Panel Number 11, Art Deco red cat, 2 red pears
Panel Number 10, Green & red pepper, horseshoe, eggplant
Panel Number 9, Green teapot, black horse, sunflower
Panel Number 8, Orange pepper, blue vase, fig branch
Panel Number 7, Pokey, MF vase, Otterness lovers
Panel Number 6, vintage advertising art etc
Panel Number 5, Patti Smith & Horses
Panel Number 4, Watermelon, Minnie Mouse & acordian
Panel Number 3, tomatoes, glass, lemon
Panel Number 2, A, Venus of Willendorf, RG man
Daily Drawing Panel Number 1, February 2020