Drawing has always been an important part of my practice. Through its directness, often almost brutal, it has a dynamic that’s very different to painting. With painting you can scrape things away, paint over them, move them around, this often slows down the painting process and allows for doubt and consideration. This is not really possible with drawing. Drawing is the most direct way to translate a thought or image into marks on a surface. This drawin, "Rock at Rinn Roe," is an example of this. I’ve drawn this rock/stack at Rinn Roe many times. It’s drawn from observation, looking at the rock, trying to understand it, trying to see and depict the space it occupies. The marks are marks of exploration and examination and are made in an attempt to comprehend the presence of this wonderful rock.          - Patrick Harri