Madison Blair Cohen
A charcoal still life of a classical portrait bust on a plinth beside a ceramic jug, with draped cloth and a plaster fragment on the table before them, lit against a deep black ground.

Charcoal Study

This charcoal study underscores form, texture, and dramatic lighting through the attentive arrangement of classical objects. The subtractive method used to create value shifts allows for a deeply dramatic tonal image as well as a softness to the forms.

Medium
Charcoal