Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

‘When man discovered fire they simultaneously discovered charcoal, and if you take a wooden stick, or any wooden object, and if you burn it, and if you then take that object and draw with it, and if you sustain that activity of burning and drawing long enough, the object, that we once knew, disappears. But where has it gone? You cannot loose matter, as nothing is ever lost. This idea, this thought, this observation formed the beginning of a series I called the Phoenix Drawings, taking its name from the mythological godlike bird that had to burn itself every five hundred years to rise rejuvenated from the ashes.

Extract from:
Blick über den Ärmelkanal
Exhibition catalogue
1994

Untitled

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper with stick
25 x 50 cm
1988

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

All and Nothing

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
25 x 50
1988

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Double Talk # 1

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
26 x 47 cm
1988

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

All and Nothing and Untitled

Drawing Wood Drawings
Galerie Carla Fuehr
Munich 1988

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Burnt Wood Drawing from the Informed/Mill Series

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper with 5 sticks
158x 128 cm
1988

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Burnt Wood Drawing from the Informed Series

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper with 5 sticks
116 x 89 cm
1988

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Burnt Wood Drawing from the Informed Series

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper with 5 sticks
116 x 89 cm
1988

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Burnt Wood Drawing from the Informed Series

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper with 3 sticks
116 x 89 cm
1988

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Burnt Wood Drawing from Queen St.E. Series

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper with 3 sticks
168 x 107 cm
1988

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Burnt Wood Drawing from the Queen St.E. Series

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper with 4 sticks
168 x 107 cm
1988

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Burnt Wood Drawing from the Queen St.E. Series

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper with 2 sticks
168 x 107 cm
1988

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Burnt Wood Drawing from the Queen St.E. Series

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper with 3 sticks
104 x 74 cm
1986

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Burnt Wood Drawing from the Queen St.E. Series

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper with 3 sticks
104 x 74 cm
1986

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Burnt Wood Drawing from the Informed Series

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper with 4 sticks
100 x 80 cm
1985

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Burnt Wood Drawing from the Informed Series

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper with 3 sticks
100 x 80 cm
1985

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Burnt Wood Drawing from the Informed Series

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper with 3 sticks
100 x 80 cm
1985

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Untitled Matchstick Drawing

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
25 x 20 cm x 4
1988

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

History of Stick

Burnt wood on paper with stick
Museum of Contemporary art San Diego
La Jolla, 1988

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Untitled Burnt Wood Drawing

Burnt wood on paper with stick
Galerie Carla Fuehr
Munich, 1988

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Broom Drawing #1

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper with broom
116 x 116 cm
1988

Photo: John de Garis

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Shadow of its Former Self #4

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
100 x 130 cm
1991

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Shadow of its Former Self #2

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
100 x 130 cm
1991

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Phoenix Bowl #9

Burnt wood on plaster
41 x 41 cm
1991

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Phoenix Bowl #14

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
96 x 115 cm
1991

Photo: John de Garis

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Phoenix Bowl #15

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
96 x 115 cm
1991

Photo: John de Garis

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Phoenix Bowl #6

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
102 x 153 cm
1991

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Phoenix Bowl #7

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
102 x 153 cm
1991

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Phoenix Bowl #8

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
153 x 102 cm
1991

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Image of its Former Self

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
180 x 105 cm
1988

Photo: John de Garis

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Gold Frame Drawing #4

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
55 x 55 cm
1989

Photo: John de Garis

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Gold Frame Drawing #1

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
50 x 50 cm
1989

Photo: John de Garis

Burnt Wood Drawing on paper

Gold Frame Drawing #9

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
55 x 55 cm
1990

Photo: John de Garis