Earl Dove

24x24 - Black Rose

In a year where it was a struggle to find beauty within chaos, this piece does just that. The foundation is a collage of found paper, book covers, and discarded sketchbook pages. While the ripped, slashed, and tattered surface would usually be considered inhospitable for a traditional portrait of this nature, the drawing rendered in charcoal manages to maintain its essence. Despite the brutality of surface.