Charcoal sketches, February 02, 2009

Charcoal drawings with one of those wolf pencils I have had for 15 years, these images start to reoccur in my work and later I incorporate the cameo motif.

Another view of the bar

This Moleskine note book is just full of drawings at the Cobourg bar over a few nights, low on notes high on booze infused drawings. I don't think this was the night this guy spilt an ENTIRE glass of red wine on my sketchbook and then him and his lady were giving me shit because I was not gracious enough to laugh it off. I pretty much expect that in bars.

A cast of characters at the bar

Feb 01 2009, Sketch at the bar

February 1st, 2009

At the Cobourg bar on Parliament Street.

These songs go on forever.

The band warms up

These two guys don't look like they are into jazz either

Pre Show jitters

Nicola looks nervous here, I think she was just getting ready.

Sunday Night Jazz, February 1st, 2009.

For the record, I think I hate Jazz. BUt you want a drink that is 5 doors north of the studio on a Sunday night-Its always Jazz on Sundays at the Cobourg. C'est la vie I suppose.

Person on the far left, that is Nicola playing the saxophone. The toque lady must be Natalka.

Jan 14th, 2009

ericfarache.com The site is up and running!

My website is online now, and you can check out a wide variety of images; sketches, photos, paintings and prints.


ericfarache.com

Just click the above link and it will take you there.

I have just added a gallery from our recent trip to China- One month in the world's most populated country, it was amazing. Most of the China pictures are digital. I also took a very heavy Yashica twin lens camera, look for more film pics to be added in the next day or so when they are scanned.

Please also check out the 2nd gallery on the site, marked "dreams" which I think comes closest to what I am trying to do with my photography.

Mao

This was supposed to be a much larger longer narrative with a re occurring Mao, like a babushka doll.

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Blossoms on a tree

An unfinished Japanese style book

Japanese foldout Moleskine, I started this when I got back from China, based on things I saw, my images etc, but I never finished it and now it is just too long ago.

Shanghai Street Scenes

As seen on the side of a news stand in Shanghai last week.

Classic scenes from China either Real or Imagined.

These are a few pictures from Shanghai. The whole time we have been here, the country has not been any sense typical to ideas you may have about the country before you get here.

People have a great deal of personal freedom here and the culture is on the vanguard of modern art and technology.

So when I spied these images in Shanghai, anachronistic images of China- I had to photograph them, utterly typical photos to what western media portrays China to be: young men in oversized military uniforms and old men playing the flute like some bad CCTV (Chinese National Television)advert-Experience the mysteries of the orient- China, tourism destination 2008.

December 6th, 2008- Beijing Airport

December ish 2008

These 'fanciful' images were both based on pictures from something, I cannot remember