Art + Writing by Xavier T : Drawings

The majority of my drawings are what I dubbed "Black Card Art". This style uses a black canvas on which colours are built up.
Most of the BCA pieces were drawn during 1996-2000, at which point I had taken the medium as far as it could go.
A lot of the BCA pieces were drawn to accompany the novel "Symbiosis" and by association are quite emotive. Some may view them as disturbing.

A B C D E F G H - I J K L

M N - O P R S T U - V W X - Z Mediums

A
A	Andrew on the Strand	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Symbiosis series

B	Between the Crests	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Symbiosis series. First piece of a pair designed to be viewed together, set 18 years before its companion "Echoes".
B	Boys	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Symbiosis series. Originally titled "Two Andrews"

C
	Castaway's Fancy	Drawing	1996	Black Card Art - Early Shit series
	Celestial	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Celestial series
	Cruel	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Celestial series

D
	Deep and Mystical	Drawing	1998	Symbiosis series
	Discoteque	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - The Edge series
	Dreamers	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Symbiosis series

E	Echoes	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Symbiosis series. Second piece of a pair designed to be viewed together, set 18 years after "Between the Crests".
	Echo in the Wind	Drawing	1999	The Edge series
	Essence	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Celestial series

F	Faith No More	Drawing	1997	Later redrawn as "A Time to Die". 1 of 4 pieces that triggered Symbiosis: White Knight, Unreconciled, 13 No More, Faith No More.

G	Gabba Under Lights	Drawing	1998	Companion piece to the short story of the same name.
	Gondolier	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Symbiosis series
	Gypsy	Drawing	1998	Pencil and ink. Just taking a break from black card drawings.

K
	Keeper of Shadows	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Celestial series
	Keiko	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Celestial series

L
	Leaving Hetero	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Celestial series. Designed to be viewed with its companion piece "Pristine in Crimson".
	Little Boy	Sketch	2001	a brief unfulfilling foray into Shojo Manga
	Lovers in Lapis	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Celestial series

M	Midnight Liaison	Drawing	1996	Black Card Art - Early Shit series
	Midnight Silhouettes	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Celestial series. Later repainted in acrylics on canvas. No relationship to the poem of the same name.
	Moonlit Temptress	Drawing	1996	Black Card Art - Early Shit series. Still remains one of my faves.
	Murphy's Law	Drawing	1997	Black Card Art - Early Shit series. Gratuitous nudity but learnt a lot.

N O
	Nuptial Agreement	Drawing	1997	Black Card Art - Early Shit series
	Oracle's Court	Drawing	1998	Good detail but wasted on a rubbish drawing

P	Pallarenda	Sketch	1999	Drawn while I scribbled first draft of "Shelly Beach Ramblings"
	Paradise	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Symbiosis series. Picks up the violent energy of "Thirteen No More". Cathartic but disturbing to some.
	Princess	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - The Lost City series. Relates to short story "Daddy's Little Princess".
	Pristine in Crimson	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Grass Roots series. Designed to be viewed with its companion piece "Leaving Hetero".

R
	Reflections	Drawing	1997	One of my earliest drawings and still one of my favourites
	Renaissance	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Celestial series
	Requiem	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Grass Roots series
	Ross Creek Rembrandt	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Symbiosis series. Companion piece to the excerpt of the same name.

S
	Sanctum	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Celestial series
	Sapphire Moon	Drawing	2000	Black Card Art - Celestial series
	Scorpio Rising	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Symbiosis series
	Stargazers	Drawing	1997	Black Card Art - Early Shit series
	Symbiosis	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - flagship of the Symbiosis series

T
	Terracotta	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Celestial series
	The Eleven-Fifteen	Drawing	1998	The Lost City series
	The Higher Ground	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Celestial series
	Thirteen No More	Stencil	1997	Stencil used for Black Card Art. The finished piece was too horrific and I destroyed it. Theme later captured in "Paradise".
	A Time to Die	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Symbiosis series. Redraw of "Faith No More".
	Touching Lantana	Drawing	1998 unfin	Black Card Art - Symbiosis series

U V	Undone 97	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Symbiosis series
	Unreconciled	Drawing	1997	Black Card Art - Pre-Symbiosis series. 1 of 4 pieces that triggered Symbiosis: White Knight, Unreconciled, 13 No More, Faith No More.
	Valhalla	Drawing	1998	Pencil Portrait
	Visions Adrift	Drawing	1998	Redraw of "Castaway's Fancy".

W	Wapparaburra	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Symbiosis series. Inspiration for "Sanctuary".
	Whisper	Drawing	1998	Black Card Art - Celestial series
	White Knight	Drawing	1997	Theme later captured as "Gondolier". 1 of 4 pieces that triggered Symbiosis: White Knight, Unreconciled, 13 No More, Faith No More.