TOM MAZZULLO
NEWS
I'm pleased to announce that I'll be teaching a two-day workshop on silverpoint drawing at the Denver Botanic Gardens School of Botanical Art and Illustration on two Fridays, September 13 and 20, from 1-4 p.m. Register at botanicgardens.org.
Mandarin, 2000, silverpoint with graphite on prepared paper, 6⁃x⁃5⁃inches
My most recent show featured several of my zoological drawings at the Lakewood Cultural Center on Allison Parkway in Lakewood, Colorado. The exhibition, titled Animalia, opened September 22 with a reception from 6-8 p.m., and ran through January 6, 2024.
Giant Scorpion (Heterometrus spinifer), 2017, silverpoint on prepared paper, 6⁃1/2⁃x⁃9⁃inches
The Inventions series of silverpoint drawings had a Summer exhibition at Pirate Contemporary in Lakewood. Running August 4th to 20th, 2023, the show, titled Three-Part Inventions is the sequel to the 2021 show Two-Part Inventions. These works are mixed-media metalpoint drawings, incorporating white gouache, as well as silver, gold, palladium, bronze and other metals worked onto the toned casein ground. The earliest works in the series were inspired by geometry and architecture, while the most recent drawings refer to esoteric topics and mythology.
Invention No. 16 (Pentatetrahemihexahedron), 2022, metalpoint with white gouache on prepared paper, 10⁃7/8⁃x⁃13⁃inches
Last year, one of my Inventions series, Invention No. 17 (Squaring the Sphere) was chosen for the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities Summer exhibition, Big Draw Colorado. Featuring 77 works from 71 artists chosen from 554 artworks submitted by 205 artists, the show opened with a reception on June 8, 2023 and ran through August 27, 2023.
Invention No. 17 (Squaring the Sphere), 2022, silverpoint and palladiumpoint with white gouache on prepared paper, 10⁃x⁃12⁃inches
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