On pristine white paper, a female head emerges as a dense, vibrating storm of graphite hatching—thousands of short-to-medium radiating strokes build restless energy across the entire facial area. No outlines or contours exist; form arises purely from density: heaviest overlapping creates near-opaque black clusters suggesting brow, cheek, and jaw in a stylized three-quarter view, while lighter, more open marks fan outward, fraying into feathered edges that dissolve into blank space.
The stark contrast—crushing velvety blacks against vast untouched white—amplifies isolation and intensity. Lines seem to pulse and radiate, conveying inner turbulence, motion, and quiet power without resolving into clear features.
Notice how the dense central hatching pulls focus inward to shadowed depth, then scatters outward along thinning trails—creating rhythmic tension between fierce accumulation and gentle vanishing.
Part of the Force of Nature series, this unique drawing channels raw gestural energy to evoke feminine spirit as emergent force: not literal likeness but primal vibration—consciousness distilled to obsessive marks, intensely alive yet on the verge of dissolving into silence.
How does this graphite storm of a face—vibrating at the core, fraying at the edges—stir your sense of hidden emotion, restless presence, or the poetry of identity forged through relentless line?
Technical notes.
Unique drawing. Graphite on paper. Unframed dimensions: 14” high x 11” wide. Signed by the artist on the back, dated 2021. Frame not included.
On pristine white paper, a female head emerges as a dense, vibrating storm of graphite hatching—thousands of short-to-medium radiating strokes build restless energy across the entire facial area. No outlines or contours exist; form arises purely from density: heaviest overlapping creates near-opaque black clusters suggesting brow, cheek, and jaw in a stylized three-quarter view, while lighter, more open marks fan outward, fraying into feathered edges that dissolve into blank space.
The stark contrast—crushing velvety blacks against vast untouched white—amplifies isolation and intensity. Lines seem to pulse and radiate, conveying inner turbulence, motion, and quiet power without resolving into clear features.
Notice how the dense central hatching pulls focus inward to shadowed depth, then scatters outward along thinning trails—creating rhythmic tension between fierce accumulation and gentle vanishing.
Part of the Force of Nature series, this unique drawing channels raw gestural energy to evoke feminine spirit as emergent force: not literal likeness but primal vibration—consciousness distilled to obsessive marks, intensely alive yet on the verge of dissolving into silence.
How does this graphite storm of a face—vibrating at the core, fraying at the edges—stir your sense of hidden emotion, restless presence, or the poetry of identity forged through relentless line?
Technical notes.
Unique drawing. Graphite on paper. Unframed dimensions: 14” high x 11” wide. Signed by the artist on the back, dated 2021. Frame not included.
