east, rising 2 is one in a series of ink and watercolor drawings on paper in the spirit of Paul Klee's "taking a line for a walk" that were done when I was teaching at Shenzhen University in China. Here as elsewhere, I set out to paint cities the way I paint mountains, taking the city as a phenomenon of nature and creating a landscape. The lines in this piece are the lines of the sun as well as the city rising on walks to Shekou harbor.

included in the “Out With The NEW & In With The OLD” Exhibition at Arts Illiana Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana, August 16th, 2024 - October. 25th, 2024