favorite drawings/works on paper of 2012

kerry vandermeer...see the original post here.
emily wilson...see the original post here.
youngmi song organ...see the original post here.

see this post which explains what favorites week is all about...

monday...favorite paintings of 2012.

favorite collage work of 2012

kelly o'brien...see the original post here.
yamini nayer...see the original post here.
elizabeth nagle...see the original post here.

the week between Christmas and New Years is a time of reflection on the past and hoping the dreams of the present become the reality of the future. so in light of this, i went back through this year's posts and managed to choose three favorites in five categories that will be featured in the next five posts. i post work i love on this blog and to choose the love of the loves was not an easy task! the work made it to favorites week if i found myself drawn to look at it repeatedly, if it moved me enough to stay with me for a period of time and if it inspired me to try something new in the studio. i hope revisiting some of my favorite posts of the year prompt you to rediscover one of your favorites or discover something inspiring that you may have missed the first time around. either way, enjoy and have a great week!!

tomorrow: Merry Christmas!!

hannelore baron

untitled, 1982, mixed media collage, 9x12, untitled, 1978, mixed media collage, 10.5x8.5, untitled, 1984, mixed media collage, 8x9

lovely tea-stain colored marks...see more here.

crystal neubauer

i'll take you there, 2010, collage, ink, graphite, pastel, 21x21x2, untitled, 2011, collage, I, 2011, collage, 21x21x2

i love it when i see collage done well...composition, thought, purpose...see more here.

christian hetzel

bild 607 texture, 2012, acylic on paper, 30x40, bild 402, bild 771 abstract, 2012, acrylic on paper, 30x40

line=love...see more here.

Graham McArthur

i wake to sleep, 2011, mixed media on paper, i thought i did, but i didn't, redressed, 2011, acrylic, gesso, pencil on paper, 31x48cm, shut up and listen to me, 2011, gesso, acrylic, gouache, varnish, pencil on paper,  16.5x28.5cm

i must learn calligraphy...see more here.

paul chojnowski

light in the clearing, burned and scorched paper, 11x15, heading uptown, burned and scorched paper, 22x30, requiescat II, burned and scorched paper, 11x15

more work on fire...see more here.

patrick kelly

all: carbon traces series, pencil on paper

velvety black friday...see more here.

alexis avlamis

duality, 2010, mixed media on canvas, 200x200cm, come in, 2010, colored pencils, watercolor, oil pencils, acrylic on paper, 160x170cm, phantasmagoric I, 2010, mixed media on paper, 80x80cm

topsy-turvy, color worlds....see more here.

elissa levy

spin (newly born), 2011, newspaper, gouache, gel pen, spray paint, 37x32.5, bad boys turn to the bible, 2010, newspaper, gouache, gel pen, spray paint, 20x19, flag (the fans' affection), 2011, newspaper, gouache, gel pen, spray paint, 30x34

The dominant images in these works use images of athletes, politicians, celebrities and soldiers, cut from newspapers; magazines. The figures are abstracted by excising them from their original context, concentrating on the cores of the bodies, so that the limbs are visually amputated at the elbows & knees. Thus the figures are altered into ghost-like apparitions. This evokes both the amputees returning from war; the phenomena of "phantom limbs," the reported sensations that amputees feel in the parts of their bodies that are no longer there. The energy in the original is subsequently halted, mid movement, yet lingers, as in a dream.

see more here.

john danczyszak

1994, watercolor and pencil on paper, 4.5x6.5, 1997, watercolor and pencil on paper, 4.5x6.5, 1995, watercolor and pencil on paper, 4.5x6.5

see more here and read part of his amazing story here.

joseph burwell

isometric funeral, 2012, pencil and color pen on wood panel, 43x27.5, the pool of the holy sea, 2006, color pen, pencil on tracing paper, 24x18, an example of mid-century medieval modernism, 2011, color pencil, marker, pen on wood panel, 24x18

the next step is to build these amazing structures....see more here.

diane victor

sorry, no information on these pieces

drawing in smoke, amazing technique...see more here and a video of the artist working here.

Steven Seinberg

lalena, 2008, oil and graphite on canvas, 60x76, released, 2008, oil and graphite on canvas, 61x61, waiting, 2009, oil and graphite on canvas, 70x80

moments; quiet and contemplative...see more here.

janet lippincott

chinese room, 1991, chine colle monotype, 30x22, untitled, oil on canvas, 16x15, untitled 4, 1990, chine colle monotype, 30x22

sweet, smart, little studies....see more here.

paul vincent bernard

double stump, 2011, drypoint painting, 10x11, highway 89, 2011, drypoint painting, 24x24, silver linings, 2011, drypoint painting, 10x11

now those are some interesting marks...see more here.

kari lindstrom

traces, 2008, sumi on paper, 90x47, traces, 2008, sumi on paper, 90x47, traces, 2008, sumi on paper, 90x47

there is boldness in spontaneity....see more here.