Author: Jean Drayovitch

Sometimes it’s a huge distraction being surrounded by so many talented friends.  Heather gave me a copy of her second book “Murder of Crows” and after reading the 35,000 words I found myself inspired to make a drawing.  It took about 2.5 hrs of doodling.  I considered the plot and characters.  The tension between North…

Two 12×12 canvases.  OK…deadlines don’t scare me and neither do blank canvases.  But the idea of running out of time and opportunity to meet a deadline does.  So I constantly find myself getting started early.  And that is a good work ethic for battling the unknown. Being an artist requires a certain tolerance and expectation…

Thanks to Bonnie Edie for giving a bit of creative and pointed feedback about this project.  I showed her an image of the underpainting and she commented “why don’t you just leave it like it is.”  Her advice hit me in a big way.  I had actually stepped back and considered that the blue and…

Cabin fever is a real affliction…as evidenced by one being mad at the walls around them.  Why?  Part of it had to do with the interior wall of my bathroom crying like some blessed Madonna statue.  I thought about just hanging an icon in the bathroom instead of stressing about the new roof leak.  Yeah,…

So how does one go from bike riding and strolling the local community garden (citysprouts.org) to holding a paintbrush with tar?  Let me share a story… It started when I arrived a little early at the Lincolnville Farmer’s market and decided to walk over and check out the “Espiritu” at the dry dock of Riberia…