The central figure in this fancifully drawn image is a woman in a brown, green and yellow dress wearing a round facemask, three cylendrical yellow tanks, which are strapped to her back, and flippers on her feet. We know she is swimming under blue water by the small and large orange fish above below and behind her, her body is parallel to the tops of green seaweed fronds and her long black hair floats up above her neck and back.
SCUBA Susan II
watercolor and marker
15" x 22"
The most immediately striking thing about this black marker portrait of a woman, drawn from the bare shoulders up, is that her skin (except eyelids and lips) is covered with small black irregularly shaped squares that are offset so that only the corners touch, forming a checkerboard pattern. Her hair is center parted and sweeps out slightly on the ends, terminating in a straight chin length bob. Small iconic drawings with hearts, checker patterns, stick figures and even a miniature “Scuba Susan” surround the tattoo lady.
The Tattoo Lady
black marker
15" x 19"

Casey Ferguson — Casey's imaginative world, as expressed through his pen and ink drawings, has captivated connoisseurs of naïve art for a number of years. Many of Casey's works have a playful quality, but he often combines this with a more thoughtful and interestingly complex view of the world around him. Casey has been refining his skills and developing his techniques as an artist at VSA's North Fourth Art Center for a number of years.

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