Charcoal was my first-ever medium of choice, which I learnt to work with during my teenage years. I think of charcoal as a medium with impulsive raw energy, because of its easy mark-making (or rather staining) power. Every touch is a mark and the proces of developing detail is often reductive in nature.  

Over the years, as my involvement with hyperrealism has deepened, the range of pencils that I draw with has expanded to include graphite, carbon and in the rare occasion, even colored pencil.

 

My work in charcoals began classicaly from my portrait series and has then moved and evolved to still life and beyond. ​My recent work using these mediums celebrates the serendipity that elevates a good moment into a magical one.