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Why Draw from Life?
Three Men Talking in Bolivian Airport 5"x8" pen on paper You are Not a Cyclops. I guess you didn’t need to be told that, but...
Joel Klepac
Feb 33 min read


“Can anyone be an artist?”
When faced with studio time, I am often both excited and terrified. Much of the terror comes back to what it might mean to be an artist....
Joel Klepac
Apr 12, 20224 min read


Auxier Ridge Trail- Red River Gorge
Recent drawing from a hike on the Auxier Trail in the Red River Gorge. I recently finished Wendell Berry's book on the gorge quoted...
Joel Klepac
Mar 24, 20221 min read


The Force of the Waterdrop
" It has the force of the waterdrop that hollows the stone. A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a...
Joel Klepac
Feb 12, 20221 min read
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