As some of you who regularly drop by notafigment territory will have noticed, I’ve been getting into working with charcoal on a more frequent basis this year. I love the malleability of charcoal on a paper page. At times I get frustrated with my lack of control over its mark making, usually when I’m on a quest for detail, but on the whole it’s my favourite medium. Even the telltale black fingerprints that manage to make their way all over the intentionally clean parts of the page; it’s all part of the coaly goodness.

I don’t usually like talking about my art in a big way. I prefer the concept of people taking what they want from it as they reach different milestones in their own life journey. This piece is the result of a few drafts from of a wealth of thoughts that have swum their way through my mind for some time now. I’m intending on making it the first within a series of works.