(Graphite Study) Graphite on Canvas | 16" x 20"
 
Every painting begins somewhere. This is that somewhere.
She appeared in graphite first — hat brim wide, gaze lifted toward something just out of frame, expression caught between wondering and wanting. The construction lines are still visible, the shoulders still finding their shape, and yet the face is already fully hers.
This study is offered as is, a rare look into the early conversation between an artist and a subject before color, before oil, before the finished work takes over and the searching disappears. Original. Unframed.