About Dave Hawbaker

SILVERPOINT AND GRAPHITE DRAWINGS

My work is rooted in careful observation and reverence for what endures. Trained in drawing, painting and printmaking - I learned to let a line carry both information and feeling.

Currently, I have been working primarily in silverpoint and graphite, mediums that demand patience. Silverpoint was the choice of Leonardo and Durer: a fine silver wire on prepared paper or board that begins gray and tarnishes, over time, to a warm brown. Erasing is difficult. Every mark is a commitment.

My Temples series, including the Celsus Library at Ephesus, explores how ancient architecture holds memory. I am drawn to worn carvings, to light falling across a facade, to a single sculpted figure that has watched centuries pass. These are not ruins to me, but continuities.

My Endangered Species series extends that same attention to living forms that may not endure without our care. Through precise silverpoint and paint, I try to give each subject a quiet dignity - to make a viewer pause.

While my Temples series captures society's past, my newest creative endeavor, Prayer Group, explores an individual's present.

Based in Estero, Florida - working in silverpoint, graphite and painting. Temples, Endangered Species and Prayer Group collections.