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The Roll-Abodes

2/24/2016

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... it all looks like a home but you're rushing on wheels...in a sense life is like that...a race towards oblivion while trying to find a home...we feel at home in our lives but it's a very ephemeral experience.​
​                                                              Yann Martel

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For quite some time I've been doodling houses on wheels.  I call them the roll-abodes.  I try not to think too much about what I'm doodling.  I like to see what comes out.  Sometimes, after I'm done I look back and wonder why I'm drawing these houses on wheels.  It's like having a dream that you remember and wonder, "what the heck was that all about?"  Maybe something, maybe nothing.  If you believe that the subconscious is expressed through symbols that emerge in your dreams, it's worth thinking about.  My latest two linocuts prints are of roll-abodes.  There is a multi colour reduction print and a simple black and white one.

I'm trying to find a balance between movement and messiness: to be neat but not stiff.  It's a challenge with linocut.

And what are the roll-abodes?  I think Yann Martel said it best.  That's why he's the writer and I'm not.  I've just started his new book, The High Mountains of Portugal and it's amazing!  I hope to read it many times.

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