jer collins

Every Day I didn’t climb in patagonia, I was out in the wind drawing or painting…
The sketchbook was made from a 1935 childrens’ book I found at a garage sale before I left.

Sitting and drawing in the wind and light rain didn’t make a whole lot of sense at the time, but when I try to recreate the experience– drawing similar images here in the studio, it’s not the same. My linework may be better do to a controlled situation; my reference may be more constant- using a photo instead of evolving, rolling clouds and shadows, but the onsite reality of drawing in the chaotic environment is what connects me to the moment.

I can vividly remember sitting across from an Austral Pygmy Owl the size of a orange, and the deafening water rushing under my feet in the glacier runoff beneath the Torres Del Paine.

Also, when I returned I printed various photos into the pages. The photos of me drawing are by climber and photographer Mike Schaefer.
The music? What else? Sigur Ros.

Windy Sketchin’ from Jeremy Collins on Vimeo.