November Trees

 Inspired by Leonardo's sanguine chalk landscapes, I sat in our sunny field and drew a few of my own. By the next week most of the leaves were gone.

Botanicals

Pilgrimage

 

More about this over on my Patreon...

Two Ways to Think

 

Framing Story

 This is a print of an early drawing of Leonardo’s that I bought when I was 16 years old (probably only a few years younger than he was when he drew this). I got it in the gift shop of the Uffizi gallery in Florence and it’s been rolled up in a tube ever since. I’ve carried her with me from house to house for— 

…well, for half a lifetime, really.

Just the other week I had her framed and, somehow, it was the perfect moment. 

My tiny studio has been steadily accumulating talismans, totems, and charms. Everywhere I look there are mementos full of meaning. Stories fill the nooks and crannies.

And, so far, there’s still room for me. 

*wee Ben c. 1995

A Thoughtful Leo

 

“Tell me if anything was ever done... Tell me... Tell me."*

                        *a repeated phrase in his notebooks.