Untitled Diptych, 2014
Charcoal on paper

At first, I set out to make a perfect render. I intended to show off my technical prowess. When I was almost finished… I remembered S.W.’s words, and they began to rattle around in my brain. I just kept taking away more and more information until I arrived at something beautiful to me, truly.

I got the sense that the other students did not quite get my fascination with War and the darker side of human emotion. Why would he bring a blurry mess to a final review? Kevin thought there was something there, and that’s all that mattered to me.