He emerges from the pale void like a flame forged of rust and ancient blood—a man woven from the fevered tremor of raw scratches, formed entirely from thousands of short, restless hatching strokes in sanguine red—varying from deep rust to earth tones. The marks are dense and chaotic at the center, building volume through accumulation, while thinning toward the edges, allowing the figure to dissolve into the surrounding emptiness.
The hair explodes outward in wild, spiky bursts, like flames or electrified strands. Facial features are barely suggested: subtle concentrations of lines hint at eyes, nose, and mouth, yet the forms remain elusive, giving the face an ethereal, ghostly quality. The shoulders taper into looser, trailing strokes that fade downward, as if the body is dematerializing into air.
There are no solid outlines or filled areas—only the pure energy of mark-making, creating a figure that feels both intensely present and on the verge of vanishing.
The overall effect is one of fragile vitality and quiet turmoil: a portrait distilled to its essence through feverish gesture, evoking vulnerability, introspection, and the fleeting nature of identity captured in a storm of red whispers.
He is vitality distilled to its rawest pulse: a soul caught mid-conflagration, fierce yet fleeting, a man who burns most brightly in the furious dance of red lines— where every mark roars of life too fierce to be tamed, and every fading edge mourns the fierce beauty of what must, in the end, dissolve like smoke.
Unique drawing. Conté crayon on paper. Unframed dimensions: 14” high x 11” wide. Signed by the artist on the back, dated 2023.
He emerges from the pale void like a flame forged of rust and ancient blood—a man woven from the fevered tremor of raw scratches, formed entirely from thousands of short, restless hatching strokes in sanguine red—varying from deep rust to earth tones. The marks are dense and chaotic at the center, building volume through accumulation, while thinning toward the edges, allowing the figure to dissolve into the surrounding emptiness.
The hair explodes outward in wild, spiky bursts, like flames or electrified strands. Facial features are barely suggested: subtle concentrations of lines hint at eyes, nose, and mouth, yet the forms remain elusive, giving the face an ethereal, ghostly quality. The shoulders taper into looser, trailing strokes that fade downward, as if the body is dematerializing into air.
There are no solid outlines or filled areas—only the pure energy of mark-making, creating a figure that feels both intensely present and on the verge of vanishing.
The overall effect is one of fragile vitality and quiet turmoil: a portrait distilled to its essence through feverish gesture, evoking vulnerability, introspection, and the fleeting nature of identity captured in a storm of red whispers.
He is vitality distilled to its rawest pulse: a soul caught mid-conflagration, fierce yet fleeting, a man who burns most brightly in the furious dance of red lines— where every mark roars of life too fierce to be tamed, and every fading edge mourns the fierce beauty of what must, in the end, dissolve like smoke.
Unique drawing. Conté crayon on paper. Unframed dimensions: 14” high x 11” wide. Signed by the artist on the back, dated 2023.
