Work on paper, 1996-2016 > Text and rules on graph paper

Drawings based on text and other systems. Writing includes personal notes, found language, inventories, and other lists.

Things that should be on my to-do list (but aren't)
Things that should be on my to-do list (but aren't)
mixed media/graph paper
8.5 x 11"
2013
Things in my living room
Things in my living room
Colored pencil, ink, graphite on graph paper
11 x 8.5 inches
Seen/read in NC
Seen/read in NC
Colored pencil, ink, graphite on graph paper
11 x 8.5 inches
Changes in the neighborhood
Changes in the neighborhood
mixed media/paper
11 x 8.5"
Stuff in the "tv" room
Stuff in the "tv" room
mixed media/graph paper
11 x 8.5"
SOME BOOKS READ LATELY
SOME BOOKS READ LATELY
Colored pencil, ink, graphite, marker on graph paper
11 x 8.5 inches
2016
Leslie Roberts
To do, July 2009
mixed media/graph paper
11 x 8.5"
2009
Books in the left-hand bookcase
Books in the left-hand bookcase
mixed media/paper
11 x 8.5"
2009
Leslie Roberts
Heading upstate
mixed media/graph paper
8.5 x 11"
L train disruptions continue
L train disruptions continue
mixed media/graph paper
8.5 x 11"
Indecisive
Indecisive
mixed media/paper
11 x 8.5"
Lying around in the living room
Lying around in the living room
mixed media/paper
11 x 8.5"
2010
Things in the dining room
Things in the dining room
mixed media/paper
11 x 8.5"
2009
Names of colored pencils
Names of colored pencils
Mixed media
11 x 8.5"
Late August, Bath, NC
Late August, Bath, NC
mixed media/paper
11 x 8.5"
2006
MISTAKES CAN BE FOUND HERE
MISTAKES CAN BE FOUND HERE
mixed media/paper
11 x 8.5"
2001
SEE PREV PG
SEE PREV PG
mixed media/paper
11 x 8.5"
2001
Clutter
Clutter
Mixed media
11 x 8.5"
Random thoughts
Random thoughts
mixed media/paper
11 x 8.5"
August 2006, various thoughts
August 2006, various thoughts
mixed media/paper
11 x 8.5"
2006
contemporary painting, drawing, graph paper, text art, conceptual art, geometric painting, color, grid
Some clothes I own
Colored pencil, ink, graphite on graph paper
11 x 8.5 inches
My clothes of days gone by
My clothes of days gone by
mixed media/paper
11 x 8.5"
2009
Leslie Roberts
Late winter
mixed media/graph paper
11 x 8.5"
2005
Tiresomely dreary
Tiresomely dreary
mixed media/graph paper
11 x 8.5"
I need a new book to read
I need a new book to read
mixed media/paper
11 x 8.5"
2009
On rereading . . .
On rereading . . .
mixed media/paper
11 x 8.5"
2005
July 2001, Misc. Comments
July 2001, Misc. Comments
mixed media/paper
11 x 8.5"
2001
Colored pencil and graphite on graph paper
Studio time
Mixed media
11 x 8.5"
Late nights, in bed
Late nights, in bed
mixed media/graph paper
11 x 8.5"
My new life
My new life
mixed media/graph paper
11 x 8.5"
1999
Colored pencil, ink, graphite on graph paper
Things on the deck
Colored pencil, ink, graphite on graph paper
11 x 8.5"
Colored pencil, marker, ink on graph paper. Text art.
Taskpad
Mixed media
11 x 8.5"
"Untitled," by MS
"Untitled," by MS
mixed media/paper
11 x 8.5"
For --
For --
Colored pencil, ink, graphite on graph paper
8.5 x 11"
Colored pencil and graphite on graph paper, rules based on "The Raven"
From memory
Colored pencil, graphite
11 x 8.5"
Colored pencil and graphite on graph paper
Random grid-RYBV-from phone book page
colored pencil, graphite
11 x 8.5"
While on phone: rules
While on phone: rules
colored pencil, graphite
11 x 8.5"
Colored pencil and graphite on graph paper, various algorithms and rules
Two squares
Colored pencil, graphite
11 x 8.5"
Two black with gradation
Two black with gradation
Colored pencil, ink, graphite on graph paper
11 x 8.5"
contemporary painting, drawing, graph paper, text art, conceptual art, geometric painting, color, grid
Experiment 1
Colored pencil, ink, graphite on graph paper
8.5 x 11 inches
Colored pencil, graphite, ink on graph paper, various algorithms and rules
Shadow
Colored pencil, graphite
11 x 8.5"
India ink on graph paper
Ink wash: grid
Ink
11 x 8.5"
contemporary painting, drawing, graph paper, text art, conceptual art, geometric painting, color, grid
Striped 2
Ink wash
11 x 8.5 inches
contemporary painting, text art, conceptual art, geometric painting, color, grid, ink wash
Ink wash crisscross
Ink wash
11 x 8.5 inches
Colored pencil and graphite on graph paper, various algorithms and rules
Storage
Colored pencil, graphite
contemporary painting, drawing, graph paper, ink wash, text art, conceptual art, geometric painting, color, grid
Concentric
Ink wash
11 x 8.5 inches
Worried about chicken pox
Worried about chicken pox
Colored pencil, graphite
contemporary painting, drawing, graph paper, text art, conceptual art, geometric painting, color, grid
Dark progression
Colored pencil, ink, graphite on graph paper
8.5 x 11 inches
Words found on subway
Words found on subway
Colored pencil, ink, graphite on graph paper
11 x 8.5"
contemporary painting, drawing, graph paper, text art, conceptual art, geometric painting, color, grid
Rules square
Colored pencil, ink, graphite on graph paper
contemporary painting, drawing, graph paper, text art, conceptual art, geometric painting, color, grid
Rules twice
Colored pencil, ink, graphite on graph paper
8.5 x 11 inches
2017
For S H
For S H
Colored pencil, ink, graphite on graph paper
8.5 x 11"