Douglas Witmer

Working on paper is an integral part of my visual thinking. Though I call almost all my works on paper "drawings," I do not consider drawing a preparatory practice. It is a unique activity unto itself. I think of my drawings as finished works. Generally when I work on paper, pieces are completed in groups and in a more serial fashion. Works on paper in this section are categorized by series that share certain distinct approaches to processes and/or imagery.

Cloud Cover (2007)
Paintings with luminous transparent color over varied grey fields. View gallery.

Black and White (ongoing since 2004)
Combinations of gouache, watercolor, and acrylic and various sheet sizes.
These works explore just about anything of interest. View gallery.

School Papers (ongoing since 2006)
Black and white rectangular gouache forms interact on found vintage grade school writing paper. Gallery coming soon.

Thoreson (2005)
Completed during a residency in northern Michigan in the old utility shed of an historic farmstead with views of Lake Michigan, these works use distilled architectural motifs found on the farm . Gallery coming soon.

Brighton (ongoing since 2002)
Small two-part drawings where one shape rendered in china marker is laid over a shape rendered in gouache. These works are very related to my wooden Fruitville reliefs. Gallery coming soon.

Sun Tumbler (2003)
Set of 12 cyanotype prints based on extemporaneous drawings. Edition of 4. Gallery coming soon.