Square Grid

The pencil grid of freehand squares represents the right angles that govern the structures we live and work and play in, the shape of our books and pages of type, our pictures and countless other elements of our lives. I then created a arbitrary undersurface with random colors and placements, representing the uncontrolled factors that constitute another elements of our lives. Then on a very cold but clear day I stood across the street from the temple to the east and sketched. I emphasized with white charcoal the afternoon light hitting the south side of the temple. Finally, I unified the background and the temple shadows with a ultramarine blue wash. The arbitrary primary colors become the storm of life that contrast to but compel us toward the House of the Lord.