Members' Comments

Some magic happens between Petter and Olive. Something special is captured, and I include all the galleries. You should work more with her.

Page two of this gallery works for me.

For me all life is beautiful and practical with a purpose. Like the science of a specialized field such as astronomy mathematics and many others, it seems that until it becomes a part of us where we can explain it the challenge lingers just out of reach and whatever ‘it’ is remains in mystery. For me, when I can draw something like this the explanation is there and the challenge is met. My work becomes a part of me, a part of my knowledge and if I am aloud to share it, it becomes a part of my contribution to humanity. My drawings are the description that somehow satisfies the deep burning passion I have to understand. Olive has sweet qualities that I think bring out the best of me and for this Olive is one of my favorite models. She is the plant you see growing in the warmth of Sun. The delicate reflection off her skin represents the most precious life growing in contrast to the rusty metallic lost frozen industrialized world all outside and un-shown in the photos. Her sweet simplicity is captured here in these photographs giving hope of a bright and happy future. As I study this most wonderful figure through the photographs, my thoughts float toward those private times when the world seems shut out and the only thing that matters is that moment, and a memory develops and comes into focus which is cherished for a lifetime. All the time spent studying the bones, muscles, tissues and drawing techniques coming together for that one perfect real moment. Capturing her likeness sets free the captive words that could never adequately describe the beauty we have beheld.