Untitled c. 1969

Editor: So here we have an untitled drawing by George Bunker, probably from around 1969. It seems to be pencil and ink on paper. There's something so immediate about the sketch-like quality… almost raw. It makes me feel like I’m glimpsing a fleeting moment in a forest. What do you see when you look at it? Curator: A good question to ask to unlock the creative freedom! What I immediately connect with is its dance between representation and abstraction. It's a landscape, clearly referencing organic forms, perhaps a stand of trees… but it’s fractured, dreamlike, existing more as a memory of a place. Doesn’t it feel a little like catching a glimpse of something from the corner of your eye? As if Bunker is showing us what he *felt* while looking, more than what he precisely saw? Do you see the landscape convention and hints? Editor: Absolutely! It's a very visceral landscape. You can feel the quickness of his hand and there’s a really great dynamic quality that the lines give to the composition. So the sketch wasn’t just about rendering the real then? Curator: Exactly. I see the pencil and ink almost like musical notes here – Bunker is composing an emotional response to the land, orchestrating how a place *feels*, all those messy bits! The incomplete aspect makes you work to fill in the blanks. Isn't there an excitement in figuring it out as we go, between intent and freedom? What has stood out to you through this experience? Editor: It made me realize how much the artist's mark, even a quick sketch, can convey feeling and not just a scene. Curator: Exactly, like you said: immediate, visceral…art becomes a place for sharing these personal landscapes.