Doug Ashby

Untitled Conceptual (Rooted Intersections)

Inspired by: Robert Adams, Bulldozed Slash Laura McPhee, The Blue Lagoon Lionel Reinford, Winter in New England

pen and ink

8″ x 10″

2023

Dots. I use many of them. Sometimes I imagine my work can come close to placing upwards of 10,000 dots on a single sheet of paper. I find this laborious process to be of great mental and spiritual worth. Expressing value and tonality in this manner is at the heart of my craft and the backbone of the imagery I am conjuring. Throughout the process, I am continuously pushing the limits on gradients of shading. Once the heavy lifting of discovering my specific intention for an artwork is complete, what is left is a meditative process that I have discovered I personally can not live without.

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