#drawingisthinking

untitled, 2023_03_05, graphite on Arches natural white watercolor paper, 25-3/4" x 40", Matt Niebuhr - West Branch Studio………………………………………………………….#drawing #drawingisthinking #glyphs #markmaking #barcode #fearandhope #visuallanguage #nonsense #noise #figureground #contemporary #pictographs (at West Branch Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpa-ekfOMt2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Corporate Collection, Iowa City, Iowa - 2015 …………………………………….#blindspots #drawing #graphitedrawing #drawingisthinking #flatearth #geometricart #vision #blindspotsarereal #flat #noillusions

… another round advanced across the page - maybe it’s done - or maybe not…..(object of fear and hope) ………….#drawingisthinking ……..#fearandhope ………..#differentwaysofdoing ……….this explains a lot about what’s new in _____(fill in the blank) - you probably already know this right? ”There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love. There are simply different ways of doing it.“ - Man Ray. (at West Branch Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cno7iB-OWjB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

… (tonal to think about which colors might go where and to what end…can something be both flat and dimensional ) and object of fear and hope….#colortone #study #laborisnotart #labyrinth #drawingisthinking #flattwist #sugar #drawing #depth #microslice #stain #cellularworld (at West Branch Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnjydzVOJSZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

… (an object of fear and hope) ………………..#labyrinth #drawingisthinking (at West Branch Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnhN86AuGzS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

untitled (for the birds), 2023_01_14, walnut ink and watercolor on Arches natural white watercolor paper - hot press, 25-3/4" x 40"………………………………………#forthebirds #inkdrawing #watercolor #drawing #drawingisthinking #doubtandfear #glitches #justdo #mattniebuhr #westbranchstudio (at West Branch Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnec0qKOS2z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

… in process not finished - so enjoy that feeling of winding up to the last few lines of it…. Whatever it is or becomes - “it’s for the birds” and thousands of little decisions all held within just a blink of an eye …………………………………………………………………………..#drawingisthinking #ink #walnutink #watercolor #compulsive #forthebirds #inprocess (at West Branch Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnRjamlO_-B/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

details - (watercolor/ walnut ink on paper) …I’m so getting lost in process - technique is a hazard - but for right now I see infinite possibilities - each one of these little rectangles is a world - a universe- unto itself ………………………..(details from resolution series 2022_12, Arches Natural White Watercolor Paper - Hot Press, 22" x 30", 140 lb,)…………#drawing #drawingisthinking #watercolor #pixelart #organic #walnutink #grid #freeform #constantdischord #chance #mattniebuhr #westbranchstudio (at West Branch Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmuFO0guEmH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=