Blind Contour Show Opens Today At John V. Hicks Gallery
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Blind Contour Drawings by Brandan Doty and Sarah Jane Holtom
Start Date :
Monday, November 1, 2010
End Date :
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Details :
This exhibition features a series of drawings by two artists, Sarah Jane Holtom's drawings of her dog and Brandan Doty's hockey drawings. Both artists use a drawing technique called blind contour, where the artist does not look at the drawing they are making, or only with quick glances, and instead they keep their eye on what they are drawing. In Sarah's case her pencil crayon drawings of her aging dog nestled amongst pillows and carpets is handled in a delicate, beautiful light touch. Brandan drew the hockey drawings by watching a hockey game on television and keeping his eye on the puck and following its movement with a pencil or oil stick on a piece of paper on his lap. Both of these artists use the simplest of materials and the blind contour technique to make drawings that are conceptual strong, extremely interesting and beautiful.
