Joe D's 1970 Ink and Gold Pen Mandala Drawing 1960s soviet union with quite an aura

with quite an aura

A very sweet one

with enough slots to accommodate a fair bit of mail

18" x 12" on natural colored lightish weight drawing paper

Joe D's 1970 Ink and Gold Pen Mandala Drawing 1960s soviet union with quite an auraMaybe done in art class, or maybe under the influence of hallucinogens, or maybe both who knows?! Pretty cool I think whatever the case, and the Joe D who signed it was certainly invested in it. To my eye the finely drawn red ink work has a nice relationship to Fraktur drawings, and 19th c. Spencerian calligraphic drawings, too, and the black on gold patterned corners have an Islamic feel. And of course it reads like a mandala. Maybe Joe D was really