10 x 10″ Pierced paper, acrylic and ink on canvas
Lured by
A white silhouette’s
Predawn forays
Shaking his nerves
Drawing him out
Into the moonlight
Gone
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Antennae-less Lepidoptera
Ink and watercolor in sketchbook
I finished up my drawing yesterday and the boyfriend asked me whether it was a moth or a butterfly. Initially I thought butterfly, but as I looked at it again, I wasn’t completely sure. There are no real clear indicators in my drawing. I knew that moths typically land with wings open and butterflies closed, and upon further investigation I found that moths usually have a fuzzier, fatter body. They also have fuzzier antennae – which does not apply here. So I say call it as you wish.
Work in Progress: Butterfly
Ink on sketchbook
I can’t say what exactly inspired me to draw this butterfly today, other than the fact that I wanted to work on a two page spread in my sketchbook. In a few more days these two pages will be filled with patterns and shapes and lovely areas of high contrast! 
Flower Walking (Abstraction)
~3 x 5″ ink on paper
The heat of the day had gotten to him. His petals no longer clamored for the sun. Instead they worked beneath him – trudging along the hot ground. He stopped and turned his head to look over the desolate land then continued to plod along.
Sketchbook: Waves of Black
Ink on sketchbook paper
It’s rare that I really load up on black in a drawing. Today though, I did. I’m not sure the drawing is finished, but I am pleased with it.
Yard Work: Bird on Bike
18 x 30″ Acrylic and ink on canvas
It was not because she fancied a tidy yard that she gathered the gold and auburn leaves. In fact, she often biked them around for days after collecting them – returning home with the same full wagon she had begun with. The bird toted the wagon load because it made her happy. She liked being able to take with her the sound and the color and the smell of the crisp fall gems.
Yard Work: Bird on Bike Work in Progress
18 x 30″ Acrylic and ink on canvas
In an effort to change these bird on bike pieces up a bit, I thought I’d throw in a bit of a different sky. I’m not so sure about it just yet. I may add more of the sunset-y cloud/sky or I may get rid of it altogether. I’m also tossing around the idea of adding some tree branches Needless to say, this piece is a bit of a work in progress.
Farmer’s Market Bird on Bike (Nearly Certain He’s Complete)
22 x 10″ Acrylic and ink on canvas
He knew fall was right around the corner – crisp mornings attested to that. Brightly colored summer fruits would soon come to an end, and squashes of all sorts of earthy tones would make their way to center stage. A hearty fall harvest would bring about simmering stews – the scents of which would waft out slightly cracked windows. As the quiet bird pedaled home, enjoying the last days of summer, he was comforted by such thoughts.
With Wheels – Work in Progress
18 x 24″ Acrylic on canvas
The piece has gained some wheels! It isn’t quite finished yet, but is getting closer. I don’t think I’m going to do a whole lot more to it, but I might add a few more wheels and clean some edges up a bit. A few more highlights and shadows will also get thrown in the mix.
Cooling Colors as a Base for Some Bike Art
18 x 24″ Acrylic on canvas
I’ve got a long, long way to go before this piece is done. Eventually though, it will be bike inspired art that will hang happily in an office .
Originally I had planned for the base composition to be comprised of many, many rectangular shapes (you can still see some of the lines which I might still include,) but as I got going I realized I wanted to incorporate the green/blue wash. I worked backwards and had to tape off all of my blocks and then add the wash. Needless to my order of operations got all outta whack, but it still works just fine.
Micah Richardson 