Donate for ARDS research and receive an original drawing

In March, at the age of thirty, I found myself suddenly ill and on a ventilator fighting for my life for 18 days. I was in the hospital for 21 days, but thankfully I survived. It has been a long and emotional recovery that continues everyday.
I have decided to join the ARDS Foundation team and raise morny for ARDS research. For every donation that is made over $120, I will give the donor an original drawing created specifically for them.
$100 dollars will go towards the ARDS Foundation and $20 will be used for materials and shipping costs.

These drawings will be done on 100% cotton rag paper with pen, pencil, and ink. Send me three words when you make your donation and those words will inspire the creation of your drawing. After donating email me at with three words that I will use to inspire a drawing as a thank you gift.

If you would like to read more about my journey through ARDS visit my website.


July 25, 2008

Art on Paper Excerpt

In the July/August Art on Paper magazine features "Diaries of a Young Artist." Katy Grannan participated and submitted text that was very interesting. One part of her Dear Diary entry really touched me and related to my Drawing for ARDS project.

She writes: " I am anxious to get back to the best part. WORK. Part of me wants to know what with these new pictures. (No, I don't really want to know what will happen. Then why bother?)

I need to repeat a mantra or something. Trust your instincts & work. Dare to FAIL.

Being out there, navigating through the uncertainty and surprise is the best part. I live for those unusual experiences and revelations that only exist because I'm making photographs. Uncertainty is essential. Preconceived plans are only a starting point; "plans" or "ideas" always change and end up somewhere I never could have imagined."

I really relate to these thoughts. I work very similarly. I always start with an idea or plan and then let the process take me wherever it needs to go. I am always surprised with the results in my work. Sometimes disappointed and other times thrilled with where the process has taken me.
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