On warm off-white paper, an all-over field of relentless graphite frenzy fills nearly the entire sheet edge-to-edge—like a storm of nervous lines with no escape. Thousands of short-to-medium strokes crisscross, hook, zigzag, and reverse direction at sharp, unpredictable angles, creating a dense, claustrophobic web of overlapping marks that leaves almost no untouched space.
Density is high and fairly even throughout: heavier clusters of repeated pressure form irregular, cloudy patches of near-opaque dark gray-black, building tactile texture and implied depth through sheer accumulation. Occasional longer, sweeping arcs cut through the chaos but are quickly engulfed by surrounding jitter. No central focus or symmetry organizes the field; instead, the relentless directional changes generate constant, anxious vibration across the surface.
The stark tonal range—from crushing velvety blacks in layered zones to faint silvery traces—amplifies raw urgency against the pale ground. The drawing feels boundless yet confined, as though infinite nervous energy has been compressed into a small, trembling rectangle.
Notice how the even, high-density coverage creates a hypnotic, all-encompassing hum—pulling the eye across the surface in ceaseless motion without rest or hierarchy, balancing suffocating accumulation with subtle, breathing texture.
Part of the Tychist Objects series, this unique drawing embraces tychism—Charles Sanders Peirce’s philosophy that genuine, objective chance is a fundamental creative force. Algorithmic random-number processes guided key decisions in mark placement, direction, and density, yet every jittery stroke was executed by hand, merging mechanical indeterminacy with obsessive human energy. The result: a visual emblem of beauty born from true randomness—restless, directionless order emerging as if by miracle from pure chance.
In its compact, high-tension all-over intensity, the work invites sustained immersion—how does this edge-to-edge graphite storm stir your sense of contained agitation, boundless nervous vitality, or the quiet poetry of chaos with no center and no exit?
Technical notes.
Unique drawing. Graphite on paper. Unframed dimensions: 11” high x 14” wide. Signed by the artist on the back, dated 2015. Frame not included. Frame not included.
On warm off-white paper, an all-over field of relentless graphite frenzy fills nearly the entire sheet edge-to-edge—like a storm of nervous lines with no escape. Thousands of short-to-medium strokes crisscross, hook, zigzag, and reverse direction at sharp, unpredictable angles, creating a dense, claustrophobic web of overlapping marks that leaves almost no untouched space.
Density is high and fairly even throughout: heavier clusters of repeated pressure form irregular, cloudy patches of near-opaque dark gray-black, building tactile texture and implied depth through sheer accumulation. Occasional longer, sweeping arcs cut through the chaos but are quickly engulfed by surrounding jitter. No central focus or symmetry organizes the field; instead, the relentless directional changes generate constant, anxious vibration across the surface.
The stark tonal range—from crushing velvety blacks in layered zones to faint silvery traces—amplifies raw urgency against the pale ground. The drawing feels boundless yet confined, as though infinite nervous energy has been compressed into a small, trembling rectangle.
Notice how the even, high-density coverage creates a hypnotic, all-encompassing hum—pulling the eye across the surface in ceaseless motion without rest or hierarchy, balancing suffocating accumulation with subtle, breathing texture.
Part of the Tychist Objects series, this unique drawing embraces tychism—Charles Sanders Peirce’s philosophy that genuine, objective chance is a fundamental creative force. Algorithmic random-number processes guided key decisions in mark placement, direction, and density, yet every jittery stroke was executed by hand, merging mechanical indeterminacy with obsessive human energy. The result: a visual emblem of beauty born from true randomness—restless, directionless order emerging as if by miracle from pure chance.
In its compact, high-tension all-over intensity, the work invites sustained immersion—how does this edge-to-edge graphite storm stir your sense of contained agitation, boundless nervous vitality, or the quiet poetry of chaos with no center and no exit?
Technical notes.
Unique drawing. Graphite on paper. Unframed dimensions: 11” high x 14” wide. Signed by the artist on the back, dated 2015. Frame not included. Frame not included.
