Braids

Here is a study that I am in the process of working on.  

Lately I have been extremely fond of braids and the different techniques of braiding.  Hair is something that is appearing in my work often.  There is just something odd about the human race's relationship to hair--whether they see it as an object to lust after or something that traps them.  Also, I have been interested in the reactions of people when they encounter hair that is not attached to a human or animal: curiosity, indifference, disgust. 

I really like drawing these.  The repetitiveness of the locks folding over one another has been really soothing for me during these busy last couple of months.  So, I decided that I am making a hundred of them.

I am very drawn to multiples and the tedious nature of replicating one idea over and over.  I don't have a large body of work or many large pieces at all, so I think that this will be a project that I will continue to do to relieve stress until I become exhausted at the thought of hair braiding, and hopefully by that time this study will have grown to an enormous size.

Each drawing is done on watercolor paper with ebony paper and measures about 6" by 10.75".