Soleyne Profile: ravonCol

ravonCol's bio:

I simply cannot remember a time “before drawing.” My earliest memories include drawing and paper, and rushing to show or give away; an intense, joyous cycle. I can still clearly remember the soul stopping, eye-of-tornado epiphany on beholding my kindergarten’s art center -- that was for me!

Paper was a staple. Plain white bond. I never tired of it. Which was fortunate as it was all my allowance could afford. Still, each weekend, a new sheaf was top priority. Until I entered high school and discovered . . . art supply catalogs! The relationship between myself and my allowance became undeniably strained.

College. Fine Arts. Much serious fun. A broadening of possibilities. I explored a variety of mediums: photography, radio, video, graphic arts, sculpture in wood, metal, paper, plastic, casting, printmaking, painting, and of course, more drawing. I explored computer design software on my own, progressed to handling all advertising for a local Huntsville business which later opened a design agency where I was the sole graphic designer.

Then my children arrived. Two sons. And I undertook the major and creative task of At-Home schooling: eleven exceptional additional years of plain white bond.

In retrospect, it is not surprising that my current artistic expression is mixed media with a focus on paper, working primarily with pen nibs, acrylic inks and fluid acrylics on a textural multilayered fusion of manipulated papers combining extreme linear detailing.