This series is my most recent ink drawing series. In these works, I am considering how organic matter grows very fluidly, and how the shapes look like they belong together. My shapes reference modular patterns found in nature, creating organic forms that almost look like they’re growing. I like to look at shapes that are found only when someone is actively observing nature, especially patterns that often go unnoticed. Some types of natural life I look at include butterflies, caterpillars, barnacles, seashells, feathers, mussels, flower petals, reeds, and beetles.

As this work has progressed, I have found that my forms are taking on an almost biomorphic quality as I started to add more details. In March, I also started a large work utilizing this shape language (first image below).

(More photographs and work in progress/detail shots can be found on my instagram @grayrabbitart)

Updates/Current Works in Progress:

Work via this Project from 2019:

Work via this Project from 2018: