Interdisciplinary Drawing #2 Online Journal: Tony Orrico

Tony Orrico's, Penwald Drawings

"Penwald Drawings are a series of bilateral drawings in which Tony Orrico explores the use of his body as a tool of measurement to inscribe geometries through movement and course. His choreographic gestures derive from the limitation of (or spontaneous navigation within) the sphere of his outstretched arms. Line density becomes record of Orrico’s mental and physical sustain as he commits his focus to a greater concept of balance throughout extended durations of drawing."

Orrico's drawings are a testament to his endurance and focus. In each of the performances he commits himself to a strategy and adheres to that strategy until the work is complete. Many of his performances are over four hours long, and some are created over multiple days.

Orrico's process of creating his performance drawings has informed my own drawing practice. The bilateral movement of Orrico's body appeals to my own strategy as I move along the paper. There is also a repetitive nature to Orrico's mark making which is something that I feel drawn to as well.