Artist-in-Residence: Alexander DeMaria

I chose to pick one of Alexander's newer art piece's called Collecting Honey. Immediatly when I saw this drawing it reminded me of a picture being in a children's picture book. It made me think of all kinds of crazy ideas that came to mind. For instance, if this picture were in a book, "Could the story be about a fox in a lonely desert and going to collect honey for him and his family?" When I look at artwork I love think of how the artist came up with this type of drawing and it leaves me pondering. This type of artwork fits in with his other newer pieces because many of them look like he was trying to draw his own utopia. However, this type of drawing does not fit it with the others as much since they are very complicated and "busy" within the painting. In Collecting Honey Alexander chose to draw a very basic drawing, but also have a very clever story line with it. If I have the opportunity to ask him a question I will either ask Mr. DeMaria, "What was he thinking at the time when he drew Collecting Honey?" or "Why are many more of his older drawings in color, while most of his newer sketches are in black and white?" I am very eager to hear the answers of DeMaria and what he has to say.