negative space

I drew only the shadows of a bottle so that the viewer's eyes would imagine the remaining areas based upon the familiarity of the object. Sometimes omitting lines can make a composition more interesting.

storefront for art and architecture

The Storefront for Art and Architecture by Stephen Holl was installed in 1993 at the street level of an existing building in New York. While reminiscent of the market areas that open up during the day and close off during the evenings, the irregular openings filter light into this unique gallery space. Conversely, during the evenings the light spills out from the interior onto the dim lit streets. This project was helpful to me in thinking about the spaces outside of buildings and what can be accomplished to engage the interior and exterior of a building. Here's a few drawings I did of the project back in college while working on my thesis.

railroad spike

Study of different drawing techniques.

hand drawing

A pen and ink drawing of my own hand.

pencil drawings

Here are few drawings of objects on my desk. The pencil holder is leather and filled with marbles so that it can be used as a paperweight. It has a zipper where you can remove the marbles (in case you lose yours). It was handed down from my grandfather.

Number 2 pencil.














Pencil holder
rough sketch.









Pencil holder
final drawing.

thesis

These are a few preliminary sketches from my thesis project in architectural school.

faces

buildings

austin

What I saw when I was in Austin.

natchitoches

In college I was part of a collaborative to document the entire historic district of the city of Natchitoches in Louisiana. In short it was an attempt to preserve and restore the architecture that still remained near the end of the century. Six illustrations that I did for the project were published in a pamphlet that was distributed at tourist information areas throughout the state of Louisiana. Later, these phamphlets of the North Louisiana River Parishes were bound and published in a full volume hard cover book.