The charcoal drawing on canvas is a portrait study of Colette, the French novelist, 1873-1954. This portrait study is part of an on-going series begun in the Winter of 2004. My quest was purity of line. The line has immense power. One of my diary entries in 2005 reads: "If you are able to communicate through a clean, strong line what characterizes each of these women -- strength, greatness, purpose and humanity, they become very beautiful". Colette is in this detail from the first panel covering the period from 1900 thru 1939.
Click on this link Voices Unabridged (January Issue # 7) to read a profile article on this project.
Go to www.un.org/radio/ to hear a recent interview about it.
