This was my first foray into painting. It is a study for a larger piece which I did and then sold. This study is my favorite piece of my own and it remains unsold and happily hanging on my wall!
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Let Days Speak
21 x 18 2020 Charcoal
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This piece was a technical challenge for me, to learn how to draw hair and rough skin textures. This is a piece I wanted to do for years and waited until I thought I had the skill to do it justice. I prayed a lot and spent 65 hours on this piece, 40 on the hair alone. I love the wisdom in her eyes and her far gaze. Note the secondary lighting reflections on her cheek and on her neck.
By the Sweat of Your Brow
22 x 28 2020 Charcoal
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I love the lighting on this piece from the translucency of the rope to the illuminated solid background to the bright reflection on the horse's face. I wanted to emphasize the clumped sweaty hair from a day of roping calves and the horse's attentive ears.