Some years ago I drew these shapes in black and white. I started with a pencil and carved out the shapes by erasing and re-drawing lines. I’ve always thought about coloring these shapes in but never got around to it. Well, now that’s changed.

The drawing is a bit rough and it’s still possible to see the pencil and eraser markings.

This website americanframe.com looks like it could come in handy.

Yesterday I attempted to visit a group called Americans for Middle East Understanding (AMEU). Their office is located at 475 Riverside Drive in New York City. I didn’t know that the office also happens to be inside a building referred to as the Interchurch Center. On the first floor of this building there was a gallery exhibition titled “Circle Dances” by an artist named Joy Kreves. This artwork grabbed my attention right away because it involved experimentation in hand-drawn ink with line and shapes on both black and white pieces of paper. I don’t have any pictures to show of these works but I liked what I saw. I counted at least twenty hand-drawn ink works. The vast majority of them were priced at $375. There were also ceramic works by the same artist.