Charcoal Drawings

Some drawings are practice sketches requiring little to no details.

Whereas some are detailed to convey a perspective painting.

Alternatively, some remain as idea sketches.

A sketch of exploring creative hands, questioning if creativity is in the hands or mind.
Facial Portrait, Charcoal, Drawing
My son
This is a charcoal portrait of my dear Friend and Classmate Sheila Ashby Schultz, drawn nearly thirty-five years ago.
A still life setup of a silver pouring vase and other silver objects.
Woman breast feeding baby boy
Woman from Ivory Coast Portrait

Where ideas take the form of color.

A 48 X 60 oil painting of an image of a male figure floating above the clouds greeted by a dove at distance of the sun. Surrounded by animatic clouds and mountains.
In the painting, called Mother Earth, four older women are shown performing a ritual dance. Two women are wearing orange wigs covered in white paste, symbolizing death, while the other two are wearing black wigs covered in green paste that symbolizes life. This dance is representative of a fictional cultural celebration, with an Afrocentric theme, that holds significance for women's biological cycle and their connection to the earth's seasonal cycles.
Hidden Expressions id a painting of a topless woman with a gold covering on her face as a facial mask looking down. There is a blue and orange drape behind her.
In this painting called What is Up, is an image of a homeless man walks forward toward you, holding a cigarette and wearing a torn tank-top T-shirt.
Exhibiting Passion
lady ducking from sun
Drug Dealing
Cello Player