Sometimes collaboration comes in unexpected ways and methods. Here are some images of door rubbings done in an antique dealer’s depo in Ibrahimpasa, Cappadocia…a project he was so happy and excited to help me with.
I’m not sure what direction to take these in, but the process of working with others, especially those who are not directly involved in the “art world,” makes me realize how much we have to learn from each other…
Below are a few shots showing my process of drawing on village streets in Cappadocia last month…
As I was making this post, I was trying to think of a way to describe why I love drawing on location so much. In the end, I couldn’t put it into more perfect words than this quote from my friend, fellow artist, and former professor Doug Russell:
“It’s the visceral quality of it. If you are drawing from a photograph or memory, you have all day…or week…or year. That infinite time can be good or bad, though it can sometimes lead to procrastination or boredom or overworking. If you are looking at something in real time, the light is changing, the weather is changing, you’re changing. There are bugs and people, there’s wind or rain. It makes every choice more powerful, individual, unique, exciting, frustrating, challenging and scary because it is either going to succeed or fail in that moment. As opposed to other studio work that can take months, and move through several failures and successes, the drawing done on location is either going to work or not work.”
This quote was taken from my interview with Doug last summer. To read more, click here for part one of our interview, and here for part two.
Mavi Lale 