Donovan Dynamics
Signed and Titled · Drawing

Ink Drawings

James Donovan1 min

Pen-and-ink drawings from my sketchbooks, 2008 to 2012. Many are mythical creatures: the Minotaur, a manticore, a pair of sphinxes. Others are anatomical hearts, a skull, a crab’s claw, a hummingbird, birds lifting off a dandelion, trees, and the figure above, Hydra Man, from March 2012.

The 2008 drawings were scanned that autumn. The later ones were photographed in the sketchbook in May 2012.

Drawings

A finely hatched hummingbird with its wings raised, 2011.An anatomical heart hanging from a branch, 2010.The Minotaur, titled on the page, 2008.A manticore, titled on the page, 2008.A densely cross-hatched anatomical heart, signed, 2008.Two winged sphinxes facing each other, 2008.A flock of birds rising from a dandelion, 2011.A billowing tree on a cliff with a small hooded figure, 2011.A rhino-headed figure beside a DNA helix and a monolith, 2008.A shaggy creature among mushrooms and flame-like plants, 2010.A chameleon above a python coiled on a branch, 2008.A rider on a bull over the sea, in an ornate border, 2008.Face plate, a hatched shell-like form, 2011.A spiral pouring down into cells and embryos, 2012.A face shrouded in tangled hair, 2011.A pyramid, a polyhedron and hanging globes over waves, 2012.A veined skull with a trail of smoke, 2008.A crab's claw in bold hatching, 2008.A tree above ground and a spiked sea mine below, 2008.

All 11 in Signed and Titled