Sketches and books
The Sketches
The small-format sketches, mostly on the reverse side of C5 standard envelopes, come about spontaneously and quickly, with, as far as possible, a reduced conscious influence on the choice of line. Briskly drawn in one line, without any intention of precision. Sometimes left as contours, and sometimes filled in as forms. Initially, the sketches did not have any typological similarities. Later always in a series with their own similar typological characteristics., kept quite open and always with exceptions, but always recognizable as a family.
The rectangular 9 x 7 cm sketches serve as bases for the 12 x 9.5 cm drafts in the books.
The books
The envelope sketches are executed in the sign books with 64 pages, always in acrylics, sometimes completed with bamboo pen and ink. The small 12 x 9.5 pictures are, even though still drafts, elaborately painted, with paints applied in several layers. This enables an intense engagement with the color, resulting in intense shades of color that could not be achieved in a single opaque layer.
So far, there are over 3000 scribbles and more than 1600 small-format pictures in the format 12 x 9.5 cm in 25 sign books, over 80 20 x 20 cm and 25 x 20 cm acrylic paintings on paper, with accumulations, mutated signs, overlaps, links, and entanglements of such signs. Additionally, over 100 ink drawings on paper, single and in groups, as well as 250 acrylic paintings on canvas, 25 x 20 cm, 40 x 40 cm to 100 c x 100 cm, single and in groups.