Tag: fine art

regaining my ability to focus

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Most of February and some of March I was recovering from a bicycle accident at home. I did some digital drawing, but wasn’t too motivated to create anything except healed bones (a broken pelvis is quite excruciating!)

I drew this pill bottle using a graphics-tablet and Adobe Illustrator, my left hand pinky finger was broken and made drawing on paper difficult. The bottle was filled with heavy pain meds, which made it hard to think straight, but definitely helped manage the pain. I’m better now, and recovered just in time to be told to stay home due to the global pandemic 😕

Now I’m slowly getting back to drawing, some paper, some digital, and am looking forward to sharing more soon. Please check out and follow my other social media sites if you haven’t already:

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Green sphere

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another recent drawing. I’m working on a large drawing this week, not sure if I will complete it within the week or not but it’s fun to have so much more surface to work on. I’ll be posting updates in my Instagram stories: https://www.instagram.com/john.otter.art/

 

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I’m also looking forward to hosting a Sunday afternoon soiree later in August for friends and collectors. I have so many paintings, prints and drawings that are currently in storage – I’d rather have them get out into the world. I’m picturing a small gathering with mimosas, fresh produce from the farmer’s market, conversation, maybe some music and a lot of art. If you’re interested in attending please email me.

vertigo

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Wednesday night I came down with a fit of vertigo (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo) if you’ve had it you know how disorienting and distressing it can be. I had it once before in 2006 or 2007, so at least I knew what I was in for. Friday was the worst, but by Saturday I could feel it subsiding. Saturday night I drew two pictures simultaneously. The thing with vertigo is that your eyes tell you one thing and your inner-ear balance systems tell you another thing, making your brain go back and forth between two competing realities.
While I was drawing I thought it would make sense to “double expose” the images when I was done. So the first image is a combination of both drawings, and the other two images are the drawings. johnotterart125BOTH.jpg

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(originally posted to Instagram)