TOM MAZZULLO
STILL LIFES
All of my work is done from life, either still life or life drawing, with the still lifes being divided into themes of alphabetical drawings, botanical drawings, wrapped items and twists of paper, and, lately, arrangements of little sculptures called "Inventions". The fruits and vegetables range from traditional single object studies to groups of multiples, scatterings of seeds, and carved, cut, and arranged botanical objects. Some of the drawings incorporate letterforms to play with language and its abstract relationship to reality, while other still lifes combine three-dimensional paper forms with two-dimensional diagrams to explore themes of esoterica, geometry, and history. The newest of these works are chiaroscuro metalpoint drawings, made of silver, copper, gold, palladium, and other metals, worked on top of toned casein ground, with white gouache highlights added to enhance the contrast and increase dimensionality.
Projection, 2024, silverpoint and white gouache on prepared paper, 11 1/8⁃x⁃12⁃1/4⁃inches
Antigravity, 2024, silverpoint, palladiumpoint and white gouache on prepared paper, 14⁃x⁃13⁃1/2⁃inches
Hollow Moon, 2023, metalpoint with white gouache on prepared paper, 11⁃x⁃12⁃1/8⁃inches. Private collection.
Squaring the Sphere, 2022, silverpoint and palladiumpoint with white gouache on prepared paper, 10⁃x⁃12⁃inches
Pentatetrahemihexahedron, 2022, silverpoint and palladiumpoint with white gouache on prepared paper, 10⁃7/8⁃x⁃13⁃inches
Geodetic, 2023, silverpoint and palladiumpoint with white gouache on prepared paper, 10⁃7/8⁃x⁃13⁃1/4⁃inches
Tripod, 2022, silverpoint and palladiumpoint with white gouache on prepared paper, 11⁃x⁃12⁃inches. Private collection.
Nautilus, 2023, silverpoint and palladiumpoint with white gouache on prepared paper, 10⁃x⁃12⁃1/2⁃inches
Stellated Dodecahedron, 2021, silverpoint on prepared paper, 12⁃x⁃13⁃inches
Platonic Solid, 2021, silverpoint on prepared paper, 10⁃1/2⁃x⁃12⁃inches. Private Collection.
Radial Spray, 2020, silverpoint on prepared paper, 11⁃x⁃13⁃1/2⁃inches. Private collection.
Arrhythmia, 2020, silverpoint on prepared paper, 10⁃3/4⁃x⁃13⁃1/4⁃inches
Cyclone, 2019, copperpoint on prepared paper, 11⁃x⁃11⁃inches. Private Collection.
Ruff, 2018, silverpoint on prepared paper, 11⁃x⁃15⁃inches. Private collection.
Red River, 2018, silverpoint with white gouache on prepared paper, 11⁃x⁃15⁃inches. Private collection.
Lily of the Valley, 2014, silverpoint on prepared paper, 9⁃x⁃12⁃inches
Turban, 2013, silverpoint on prepared paper, 11⁃x⁃11⁃inches. Collection of the Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Upwrap, 2009, silverpoint on prepared paper, 12⁃x⁃9⁃inches. Collection of The Lauren Rogers Museum, Laurel, Mississippi.
Type Improvisation on n, 2017, silverpoint with white gouache on prepared paper, 10⁃x⁃10⁃inches
Cube³, 2016, silverpoint with white gouache on prepared paper, 16⁃x⁃16⁃inches
Z Ring, 2015, silverpoint with white gouache on prepared paper, 12⁃1/4⁃x⁃14⁃inches. Private collection.
D-Tower, 2012, silverpoint on prepared paper, 15⁃x⁃12⁃inches
MMMMMMM, 2012, silverpoint on prepared paper, 12⁃x⁃24⁃inches
HERUM, 2006, silverpoint with white gouache on prepared paper, 10⁃x⁃20⁃inches
OU, 2010, silverpoint with white gouache on prepared paper, 12⁃x⁃9⁃inches
UR, 2006, silverpoint on prepared paper, 10⁃x⁃12⁃inches
Lunchbox Apples, 2015, silverpoint on prepared paper, 9⁃1/2⁃x⁃15⁃inches
Density, 2009, metalpoint on prepared paper, 22⁃x⁃30⁃inches
Comet, 2009, silverpoint on prepared paper, 22⁃x⁃30⁃inches
Detail of Comet, 2009, silverpoint on prepared paper, 22⁃x⁃30⁃inches
Crabapples, 2008, silverpoint on prepared paper, 12⁃x⁃20⁃inches. Private collection.
Sprouted, 2008, silverpoint on prepared paper, 8⁃x⁃10⁃inches
Six Seckels, 2007, silverpoint on prepared paper, 12⁃x⁃22⁃inches. Private collection.
Pomme, Pomme de Terre, 2005, silverpoint on prepared paper, 10⁃x⁃14⁃inches
Sweet Potato, 2003, silverpoint on prepared paper, 12⁃x⁃9⁃inches
Bosc Pear, 2003, silverpoint on prepared paper, 12⁃x⁃9⁃inches. Private collection.
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