charcoal

 

 Charcoal on newsprint and canvas, 2011-present.

In 2011, a fire destroyed an artist's studio in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. Days later, a stack of charcoal drawings on newsprint was found in the wreckage. They became the seed for multiple bodies of work.

 

origin

 

gentle leap

 

discourse

 

studies of night and fog

 

friction

 

resolution

 

perspectives

 

completions

 

still