I think of stories I will tell in these spaces and how the stories will weave together. I slowly compose shapes and subjects within each box. I sometimes redefine boundaries or combine two and eventually I no longer see the boxes but see the completed image in front of me with elements arranged on the page in relation to each other. I present mark-making and language through my chosen media because charcoal, pencil, and oil pastels are all drawing media. You hold these mark-making tools in you hand and can write out a sentence.
Charcoal calls to mind fire and ash.
Oil pastels are a smoother media, good for symbols. Oil pastel, pencil, charcoal, airbrush, erasing and water were my main media. I like to really work the surfaces of my imagery by combining many types of media. I work the surface by first laying down a form or series of lines and then erasing part of it. Then I'll draw on top of it again and maybe finally airbrush it.