Ridgely Schantz • Astral Bathysphere Cartography

From the Past Until Completion

Ridgely Schantz — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:41:07 +0000

From the Past Until Completion • Nov 2010 • Pen & Ink on Paper • 6″ x 12″

20-Minute Self-Portrait

Ridgely Schantz — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:06:00 +0000

20-Minute Self Portrait • August 2010 • Graphite On Paper • 8″ x 5″

This was an exercise in economy of draughtsmanship. What makes a drawing a portrait in twenty minutes? Which parts of a particular face require accurate representation in order to achieve likeness? They write books about this, but practice still beats four aces.

Squirtle Among Thrown Clothes

Ridgely Schantz — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:13:45 +0000

Squirtle Among Thrown Clothes • March 2010 • Pen & Ink on Paper • 8″ x 8″

Sanguine Scribed

Ridgely Schantz — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:53:03 +0000

Sanguine Scribed • March 2010 • Sanguine Oil Pencil on Paper • 24″ x 20″

Eigen States Divided by Sea

Ridgely Schantz — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:07:00 +0000

Eigen States Divided by Sea • October 2009 • Graphite, Charcoal on Kraft Paper • 9″ x 12″

Scissors

Ridgely Schantz — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:11:20 +0000

Scissors • September 2009 • Pen & Ink on Paper • 5″ x 8″

Oracle Database

Ridgely Schantz — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:10:23 +0000

Oracle Database • March 2009 • Graphite on Paper • 12″ x 9″

Wish To Be Fish

Ridgely Schantz — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:03:12 +0000

Wish To Be Fish (After Masaccio) • Feb 2007 • Graphite on Paper • 12″ x 8″

Quicker In the Dark

Ridgely Schantz — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:35:51 +0000

Quicker in the Dark • February 2007 • Graphite on Paper • 9″ x 12″

The earth, saturated with the blood of twenty thousand slain, broke forth into millions of poppies, and the traveller who passed that vast sheet of scarlet might well fancy that the earth had indeed given up her dead.

—Sir James Frazer, The Golden Bough

Visit to the Creep Doctor

Ridgely Schantz — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:10:11 +0000

Visit to the Creep Doctor • February 2005 • Pen & Ink on Paper • 4.25″ x 6″

Mistakes Were Made

Ridgely Schantz — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 05:00:00 +0000

Mistakes Were Made • Nov 2004 • Pen & Ink on Paper • 4″ x 6″

Bloomfinger

Ridgely Schantz — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 03:23:48 +0000

Bloomfinger • June 2004 • Graphite on Paper • 12″ x 6.25″

Almost Furthest

Ridgely Schantz — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:16:53 +0000

Almost Furthest • April 2004 • Graphite on Paper • 9″ x 12″

The P.G. Wodehouse Space Opera

Ridgely Schantz — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 19:51:43 +0000

The P.G. Wodehouse Space Opera • Jan 2004 • Graphite on Paper • 12″ x 9″

The Chanticleer-Hobbes Duet

Ridgely Schantz — Sat, 17 Jan 2004 20:08:39 +0000

The Chanticleer-Hobbes Duet • Jan 2004 • Graphite on Paper • 9″ x 12″