Smoke Drawings
The “Smoke Drawings” reference underwater landscapes that have been formed by the ocean’s chaotic currents. Additionally, there is a sensation of buoyancy the artist feels while underwater that influences this work. Several times a year, he travels with his family and sets up a studio in a house on a beach with a fringing reef. It is only in these temporary homes in Hawaii, Central America, Mexico, or islands in the Caribbean, that he creates these luminous, smoke drawings. And this begins only after 5 or 6 days of exploring reefs, caves, and hidden coves filled with undersea life, coral, and rock formations. These inspiring experiences fuel a feeling of controlled chaos that he then translates into the flowing, organic images found in the smoke drawings, composed of watercolor and oil stick as well as actual smoke from fire.
-Craig Krull
