Erase/Initiate

Erase/Initiate is an ongoing series of pencil drawings. The process begins with meticulously copying and/or tracing old photos and ends with significant erasure. Wherever possible the drawing is erased with as little attachment as possible. A detachment to any notions of ‘quality’ is required. In some cases, once the erasure has been performed, the drawing goes through a process of reconfiguration, occasionally in an attempt to rediscover form. An excavation occurs. There is sense of partially recovering a lost memory. In many cases the drawing is regarded as complete once the process of swift obliteration is complete. These often tend to be the most satisfactory of images, created with minimal conscious effort.