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This drawing is called Providing Comfort, and I made it in 1995. It’s part of my Fresh Finds series—older work I’ve kept in my flat files for years that I’m finally making available. This one really holds a lot of emotional weight for me.
It shows a close, intimate moment between three people. One man leans in to console another, while a woman is positioned gently between them, her expression calm and centered. There’s something ambiguous and open to interpretation in this grouping—maybe grief, maybe reconciliation, maybe support during a crisis. The tension in their bodies and the closeness of their faces give it an emotional depth that I was really chasing at the time.
I used soft pencil on paper to build up shadows and volume with loose, expressive marks. The style is mostly naturalistic, with realistic anatomy and believable space, but I stylized it a bit by simplifying forms and leaving the background more abstract. The figures are constructed from solid geometric shapes—cylinders for arms, blocky torsos—and I pushed the lighting to dramatize the scene. There’s a strong diagonal through the composition, created by the gestures and glances, which helps give the piece a sense of movement and focus.
The way the space is framed makes it feel like we’re peeking into a private moment—maybe something out of a film still, which fits with my ongoing interest in cinema and narrative images. I was watching a lot of old black-and-white movies during this time, and it definitely shows in my work.
As someone who’s always been fascinated by body language and silent storytelling, this piece is a great example of how I try to say a lot with very little. It’s quiet, but intense.
Details
Title: Providing Comfort
Medium: Pencil on paper
Size: 9 x 12 inches
Year: 1995
Condition: Excellent, unframed
Ships flat, safely packaged
FREE SHIPPING
Shipping takes 3-4 Weeks
This ships from Round Lake Beach, Illinois. A suburb outside of Chicago. I use UPS and sometimes US Post.
This drawing is called Providing Comfort, and I made it in 1995. It’s part of my Fresh Finds series—older work I’ve kept in my flat files for years that I’m finally making available. This one really holds a lot of emotional weight for me.
It shows a close, intimate moment between three people. One man leans in to console another, while a woman is positioned gently between them, her expression calm and centered. There’s something ambiguous and open to interpretation in this grouping—maybe grief, maybe reconciliation, maybe support during a crisis. The tension in their bodies and the closeness of their faces give it an emotional depth that I was really chasing at the time.
I used soft pencil on paper to build up shadows and volume with loose, expressive marks. The style is mostly naturalistic, with realistic anatomy and believable space, but I stylized it a bit by simplifying forms and leaving the background more abstract. The figures are constructed from solid geometric shapes—cylinders for arms, blocky torsos—and I pushed the lighting to dramatize the scene. There’s a strong diagonal through the composition, created by the gestures and glances, which helps give the piece a sense of movement and focus.
The way the space is framed makes it feel like we’re peeking into a private moment—maybe something out of a film still, which fits with my ongoing interest in cinema and narrative images. I was watching a lot of old black-and-white movies during this time, and it definitely shows in my work.
As someone who’s always been fascinated by body language and silent storytelling, this piece is a great example of how I try to say a lot with very little. It’s quiet, but intense.
Details
Title: Providing Comfort
Medium: Pencil on paper
Size: 9 x 12 inches
Year: 1995
Condition: Excellent, unframed
Ships flat, safely packaged
