Description:

Having officially ventured into a new drawing medium, with ballpoint pens, Red Sink and Water was an effort to develop a sense of comfort, starting as an imaginary still life, with nails piercing three round objects that resemble fruit.

However, after adding a broken spout with water pouring out of it; and, because of my use of red ink in this drawing, the psychological function of Association kicked in and conjured memories of times bent over a sink, tending to a bloody nose.

Nosebleeds were a common occurrence for the artist, in the dry summer climate of West Texas, and this drawing became a permanent record of those moments.