Drawn Series

Drawnis a set that shows Stuart’s love for Da Vinci’s codex drawings. A habitual sketcher, Stuart was blown away at his first view of Da Vinci’s many codex. The old paper, the first mark of the drawing, expressive movements and the ideas that identified the thinking of the man.

During the process of painting over the years, Stuart has kept many drop cloths, canvases that have textures from previous paintings all to be used later. Some have been used in this series. Bring old back to life, using textures you can’t create without time and years of ancillary brush strokes.

He used these as the base canvas for the paintings/drawings. Heavy color, black outlines and paint where it needed it.

The result is a combination of his painting side effects with a deliberate attention to the marks that form a Da Vinci inspired series with much added.