@doandraws
I’m a professor emeritus (Penn State School of Theatre) and former director of the Arts and Design Research Incubator. A performing and visual artist making work about mental health and about living a balanced life with anxiety and depression.
Poster for the new solo show I’m working on. Not ready to launch, but working on it! #draw #mentalhealth #soloshow
Sunflower. #draw #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters 8x12” ink, watercolor, charcoal
Couple of #watercolor efforts from today. #draw #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters
A collaboration with my six year old granddaughter, Joanna. #draw #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters
Morning meditation, Vase #27. Ink, charcoal, watercolor. 12x9” #draw #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters
"The first one I remember perched alone, head cocked, studying me. Its feathers caught the light—not just black, but blue, violet, oil-slick green. The longer I looked, the more alive the darkness became. That shimmer taught me something: darkness is rarely what it seems." (WIP/Walking With Crows)
Daisies. 9x12” ink, charcoal, watercolor. #draw #mentalhealthmatters #mentalwellness
I have dozens of pages of writing about crows, hundreds of crow drawings, and an animation called Crowboy. Took me a while to see how central #crows are to my #mentalhealth journey. #draw #mentalhealthmatters
My recent project - just accepted to its first festival. #draw #mentalhealth m.youtube.com/watch?v=ED0L...
Summer’s here. #draw #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters 12x9” ink, watercolor, charcoal
Another image from Walking With Crows. #draw #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters
Walking with crows. #draw #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #ink #watercolor
Very excited to get my copy of Lita Kurth’s new book - thanks for including an excerpt from my First Communion Story! You should get a copy too!
Allium. Watercolor and charcoal pencil. #draw #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters
Lavender- 9x12, watercolor and charcoal pencil. #draw #mentalhealthmatters
Indigo Bunting, #backyardbirds #draw #mentalhealthmatters 11x15” watercolor and charcoal pencil
Day 31. #mentalhealthawarenessmonth. Scenes from where I live. #draw #mentalhealthmatters 9x12” charcoal and watercolor crayon.
Day 30. #mentalhealthawarenessmonth. Frame from the neuron/brain/drawing animation I’m working on. #draw #MentalHealthMatters #art #science
Day 27. #mentalhealthawarenessmonth. Glimpse of a new project inspired by the neuron drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal. #draw #mentalhealthmatters #neurons
Day 25. #mentalhealthawarenessmonth. Irises, 15x22”. Watercolor. #draw #mentalhealthmatters
#mentalhealthawarenessmonth. Scenes from where I live. 12x9" Ink and watercolor. Morning arrives slowly, not with sound but with the pale insistence of color. The silence is not empty. It presses against the skin, asks for witness while waiting to see if you are awake enough to notice.