Pharaoh Ai / trudeau 2011 pen and ink

Pharaoh Ai / trudeau 2011 pen and ink, a photo by trudeau on Flickr.

There were many deified kings in the vast Egyptian pharaonic era; this is one about which you've heard little. Because he was exhumed only this week.

Pharaoh Ai is a spontaneous sketchbook exploration. One of the things my hand trends to when not guided by purpose is the vizier's visage.

And you can tell that I'm intrigued by the idea that the image is composed of a vast number of interlocking cross hatcheries. The portrait oscillates because of the many lines in the body of the work.