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Gallery > Charcoals

Charcoal has many unique qualities due to the unpredictable and atmospheric nature of the medium. I love to start from a point of ‘unknowing’, putting down a ground of charcoal that covers the entire paper and I then ‘dive in’ and start adding and subtracting marks as the drawing builds. This process can continue for some time until there suddenly comes a point where the drawing seems to tell me it's finished, and, when that happens,that’s it, I stop!

Take Two, I, Westwoods, Wiltshire Take Two, I, Westwoods, Wiltshire

Charcoal on paper

42 x 90cm

£750 the pair SOLD

Take Two, II, Westwoods, Wiltshire Take Two, II, Westwoods, Wiltshire

Charcoal on paper

42 x 90cm

£750 the pair SOLD

Silent Flight Silent Flight

Charcoal on greaseproof paper

44 x 69cm

£350

Heaven’s Above Heaven’s Above

Charcoal on greaseproof paper

44 x 69cm

£325

Fortress II, Mertola, Portugal Fortress II, Mertola, Portugal

Charcoal on paper

69 x 84cm

£375

Deepest Winter, Krakow, Poland Deepest Winter, Krakow, Poland

Charcoal on paper

76 x 56cm

£395 SOLD


 
 
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