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I've lived a rather nomadic lifestyle and although I now consider the Desert Southwest my home, the wandering days are not over; drawing helps me explore the world. My media is pen and ink. To me, it's all about detail and process. Drawing helps me to understand the human condition, to impose my own sort of order on chaos. Although I am not personally religious, I'm interested in religious and cultural beliefs, customs, rituals, artifacts, icons, symbols, architecture, and the ways in which religion and culture affect each other. I'm drawn to the odd, the quirky, the esoteric; to the grace and flow of textiles and garments on the human form; to the emotional and psychic elements of the human condition, as well as to the physical. My formal training is in technical drawing which, when it isn't an overt element, is a heavy influence in my work.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Entwined: The Mommsen Girls

Entwined: The Mommsen Girls
9 x 12 in. (23 x 31 cm)
India Ink on smooth bristol
Catherine L. Mommsen
2009

Modeled, with permission, on Rosanne Phelan's painting, Girls. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosemovie/2721915361/in/set-72157600975002819/
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

St. Peter's Tomb, Vatican Catacombs


St. Peter's Tomb, The Vatican Catacombs
4.75 x 5.75 in. (12 x 17 cm )
Ink on 140# rag
Catherine L. Mommsen
2009
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Calliope


Calliope
Ink, watercolor, handmade papers
20 x 25 cm
Catherine L. Mommsen
2009
Inspired by writer and editor Ric Leonetti. http://web.mac.com/luckyric/Site/Welcome.html
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Pai in the Fifth Dominion


Pai in the Fifth Dominion
26 x 20 cms
Monoprint: Ink and acrylics on canvas
Catherine L. Mommsen
2009
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The Resurrection of Amador


The Resurrection of Amador
26 x 20 cm
India Ink on smooth bristol
Catherine L. Mommsen
2009
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SETI

SETI
23 x 30 cm
India Ink on 140# rag
Catherine L. Mommsen
2009
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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Giza in Binary


Giza in Binary
50 x 40 cm
India ink on smooth bristol
Catherine L. Mommsen
2009
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