Pen and ink
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| Airport sleeper |
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| Passengers Waiting |
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| Waiting in Airport |
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| Waiting at the Gate |
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| Waiting in Airport |
Waiting in Airport
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| Cellphone check |
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| Airport nap |
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Texting |
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| Resting |
Airports are great for drawing because you see all kinds of people in an airport: young and old, fat and thin, tall and short, rich and poor, healthy and sick. The full spectrum of the human condition unfolds, waiting to be drawn.
Each human figure is a philosophical statement as much as it is a visual one. The posture, physique and body language explain so much about the beliefs and habits of the person. The clothes and grooming describe the economic condition; the pose illustrates the mood of the moment. In the healthy young man striding purposefully, you can read a belief in upward mobility; self confidence is obvious in his bearing; self discipline can be deduced from his physical fitness; rationality and the power of positive thinking are clearly visible in his behavior. In an aging woman pacing along, you can see a quiet despair: the pain of past loss; the discomfort of present failing health; fear of the future in her uncertain gait. In the elderly man resting, there is strength of character and the firm belief in work ethic, as well as the disillusionment of dreams slowly eroded by the realties of life.
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