When I draw something, I try to build some kind of history into it.
ALAN LEEWhen I draw something, I try to build some kind of history into it.
ALAN LEETo draw a tree, to pay such close attention to every aspect of a tree, is an act of reverence not only toward the tree, and toward the earth itself, but also our human connection to it.
ALAN LEENo matter what culture we come from, no matter what century we live in. . .
ALAN LEEThis is one of the magical things about drawing – it gives us almost visionary moments of connectedness.
ALAN LEEAnd at the same time, mythic stories and art celebrate our essential differences.
ALAN LEEMyths show us what we have in common with every other human being.
ALAN LEEWhen I look into a river, I feel I could spend a whole lifetime just painting that river.
ALAN LEEI ‘m still discovering how to render their forms. I will spend a lifetime doing that. Maybe someday I’ll get it right.
ALAN LEEThe power of both myth and art is this magical ability to open doors, to make connections – not only between us and the natural world, but between us and the rest of humanity.
ALAN LEEI love trying to render not just the object, but what it has been through.
ALAN LEEI spend as much time as I can sketching from nature,
ALAN LEEI keep drawing the trees, the rocks, the river, I’m still learning how to see them.
ALAN LEEDrawing an object that has a certain amount of wear and tear or rust; or a tree that is damaged.
ALAN LEEI’m drawn to characters who bear similarities to the protagonists in myths and legends.
ALAN LEEDartmoor contains such a rich variety of landscape, as many boulders, foaming rivers and twisted trees as my heart could ever desire.
ALAN LEE