Barbara Dover
Fumble & Fold in Black & White
Works

Fumble & Fold in Black & White

Sixfold Project exhibition 2022
The Art Room Vivo, Palm Cove

Beginning a drawing often involves fumbling around with the decision of an engaging subject, the choice of a sympathetic graphic medium, and the selection of a suitable paper; occasionally these initial fumbles become dead ends or false starts. The fumbles continue.
Every so often, something might come from out of left field. This small series began with rummaging around in a cupboard. And there they were – the once neatly folded damask napkins, underneath other linen, crumpled; the once tightly bound striped ribbons, at the back, unfurled - both were lively and stripey: here was the still life ready to draw.

Damask 1

Damask I
Charcoal on paper
40 x 40 cm

Damask II

Damask II
Charcoal on paper
40 x 40 cm

Damask III

Damask III
Charcoal on paper
40 x 40 cm

Stripes

Stripes
Charcoal on paper
30 x 30 cm

Images Michael Marzik