Released on = August 24, 2006, 7:11 am

Press Release Author = Larry Estes

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Fast-paced drawing style developed in factory in-between
running widgets on the assembly-line is getting the attention of top museum curators


Press Release Body = Larry Samuel Estes
August 21, 2006
720 East Little Creek Road
Norfolk, VA. 23518

757-636-5466
artes@cool.hrcoxmail.com/www.drawingmyshipin.com For Immediate Release




DRAWING STYLE DEVELOPED IN FACTORY GETS ATTENTION OF CURATOR FROM METROPOLITAN
MUSEUM OF ART

It was nearly 20 years ago that local artist, Larry Estes, unable to afford a
studio, personalized his work station with a drawing board. The fast-paced drawing
style he developed in-between running widgets on the assembly line, is starting to
pay off.

Larry was selected to exhibit in a juried art show on Long Island, New York, opening
August 26, at the Mills Pond House Gallery. The juror is Colta Ives, Curator,
Department of Prints & Drawings, Metropolitan Museum of Art. "It's a big honor to be
among those selected by Mrs. Ives. She's one of the most respected curators and
authors in her field," Larry said. He was one of four winners chosen from 137
artists nationwide, receiving an Honorable Mention (There was one First Place and
three Honorable Mentions).

While at the factory, Larry vowed to win an exhibit in New York without a studio.
After leaving that job, he maintained his goal by drawing at fast-food restaurants.
In 2003, that dream came true. While drawing at McDonald's, Larry got a call from
Soho announcing that he had won 2nd Place (out of over 500 entries) in a National
Juried Competition, awarding him an exhibit. The juror was an assistant curator from
the Museum of Modern Art, and it didn't hurt that she was from the Department of
Paintings and Sculpture. "My drawings are paintings, in the sense that I visualize
my pen as a large brush and my paper as a wall. That's how I coped with limited
space," Larry explained. When enlarged, as in the reviewing of slides, his work
resembles large wire sculptures. Later that same year, Larry was a semi-finalist in
another New York competition, juried by Guggenheim Museum curator, Robert Rosenblum.

Larry's drawing style has evolved into a single-line orchestration on paper that has
a build-up of tension ending in a high-spirited release, denoted by a controlled
rip. He calls them pen katas, after the Japanese word for form. His drawings, with
their inherent sense of urgency, are representative of the times in general.
Reflecting back on the days on the assembly line, Larry recalls, "Adaptation became
my subject matter. On the line, I nurtured my dream in literally, seconds-long
installments."

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Web Site = http://www.drawingmyshipin.com

Contact Details = Larry Samuel Estes
720 east little creek road
norfolk, VA. 23518
757-636-5466
artes@cool.hrcoxmail.com/www.drawingmyshipin.com

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