Above, see a few works in progress from the Fire and Ice series I have been working on. They are all works on paper and I am using a combination of pen and ink and water-based acrylics. Although I have been good about taking pictures, I haven't been about posting- these are from the past few days. All are 7" x 9 1/2" pr 11 3/4" x 15 3/4"
My process has included shifting from one to the other at times. Although, once the picture begins to take shape and moves beyond the preliminary composition work, I have to remain focused on one at a time. The colors become so important at that stage that for these smaller works to have some strength and power the balance of the color and those decisions of tone and painterly effects are really important. I notice this more and more as I work on them.
I am happy with them, and enjoy doing this work. They are simple in many ways but are doing some hard work in others, I think.
I realized tonight that when I was a senior in High School, and taking Advanced Placement drawing, I was working on a series of drawings and in one I attempted to illustrate the personal impact of Fire and Ice. I used lots of warm and cool colors- although I remember actually drawing a piece of ice.
In short:
I have been working on the Fire and Ice series for over 15 years. Who knew?
A little strange, as I had forgotten all about it. And a testament to Frost's poem. I can't imagine why it seemed so personal and important to me then, and in today's climate it seems so dead-on. That is surely what they mean when they say "timeless."
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