actualfactual said:
Love the set. 5, 8, and 13 particularly appeal to me!
I'd love to see some more of your work!
#5 is a pencil drawing of the noble Sioux chief, Red Cloud. #8 is titled, "Rishi" and #13 is titled, "Old man Winter". I drew that one late in the evening, when it was approaching 35 degrees below zero. It was a colored pencil sketch and sadly... I applied additional ink around 3:00 AM, from a black Bic pen... and frankly, I almost thew it in the wood stove. You see, it is over-worked and the black ink killed the light touch the drawing possessed. who knows... maybe it is better this way??? Thanks for the kind reply. I will upload more artwork tonight.
joedirt said:
Those are nice! Is one of them Sri Babaji?
Yes Brother, two of them are Sri Babaji Maharaj. The first is the green cartoon with reddish hair. This was during my Peter Max phase. The second Babaji is the blue one. Admittedly, the original was a #2 pencil sketch but through the magic of Photo Bucket, I changed the color to blue. After all, Krishna is blue... so I figured I'd give him a color boost. The drawing occurred shortly after dawn, following one of the most powerful entheogenic sessions of my lifetime (4 blotters of clean LSD-25). while I didn't quite capture an exact photographic likeness... it's pretty darn close to how he appeared to me that evening.
My personal favorite are #4 and #5, which I call,
"The Empty Mind" and
Peyote Dreamer. I was actually painting these as I hit the peaks of an intense acid experience and a mushroom session (I know, why not mescaline?). Even though I was scintillating in the mushroom trance... Mescalito called me to paint this piece and I obeyed. Ironic huh?
Of course, in the #4 watercolor, all of the blinding light washing the top of the crown away is lacking in the finished piece, as it was part of the vision I was having at the apex of the experience. It sums up my entire spiritual philosophy at a glance. When the mind is stopped and made still in the vast expanse of Oneness... the Clear Light of the Void is perceived as the only
true reality. Amen to that!!!
I will be uploading some of the more abstract "tripping" doodles I've done and a couple other favorite pieces of mine. Thank you all for your continued love and support, Guys. You folks are the best!!!
