This is the skull of the Harvard Mastodon which resides in the Harvard Museum of Natural History in the room of giant extinct mammals. It is huge, dark and scary, it cried out - or trumpeted - to be drawn with my blackest charcoal pencil.
The HMNH has a great collection of articulated animal skeletons as well as stuffed creatures and they are welcoming to artists. I did these drawings in 2003; they are darker and more dramatic than my usual work, but that's what the skull called for.
Hi Swifty,
ReplyDeleteI love your blog. The work looks great, looking forward to seeing more!
Kathy! Deb told me about your blog. How awesome to find you here! Looking forward to more of your paintings and drawings!
ReplyDeleteHi Deb and Maria,
ReplyDeleteThank-you for following my blog! I shall try to tend to it more than once every four months, in fact I posted something today.
Maria, do you have a blog? Deb says you're doing some really good portraits,
'best,
Cathy (Swifty)
Hey there Swift,
ReplyDeleteI may use your painting of the skull for my band's flyer, with your permission. They're so heavy and so is your painting. Heavy, in a good way :)
-Christine
Hello!
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to say I really enjoyed meeting you at the HMNH and wow! You're paintings are very life like! I especially like your Mastodon drawings.
I noticed you travel and illustrate artifacts for your job, and that sounds very interesting! What got you into your job?
Lizz