At the same time, Krebs sought to create drawings expressing the atmospheric and ephemeral qualities of his light works. Pushing beyond the traditional means of rendering, Krebs mastered a process for controlling and capturing smoke as a means of drawing.
Untitled (Smoke Drawing Series), Rockne Krebs, 1973 An alternate title by a Hemphill Artworks gallery guest in 2016, He captured the wind.
Rockne Krebs: Lasers and Candle Smoke
Untitled (Smoke Drawing Series), Rockne Krebs, 1973 #worksonpaper #atmospheric
“Perhaps the most unusual works on paper from this period are the smoke drawings, works in which cloud-like areas of light and shade created with candle smoke...1/
are frequently combined with color penciled and airbrush images.” Jay Belloli, The Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology/Caltech, Rockne Krebs: A Retrospective of Drawings, 1965-1982. 2/
Untitled (Smoke Drawing Series), Rockne Krebs, 1973 #drawingseries #rocknekrebs
Untitled (Smoke Drawing Series), detail, Rockne Krebs, 1973 #smokedrawing #rocknekrebs #prescient #CanadaWildfires #smoke #codepurple #stayinside if you can.