Swan Song

All moments of peace are hard fought for but when one reaches that calm shore the trial of getting there is lost in the first pause for breath. 
Drawing can test every observation and becomes more than just the image you create. Understanding form and structure, balancing observation with flowing light that falls across shapes to inform texture, is for me that balance of abstraction and realism. One can't exist without the other.
Garphite on heavyweight paper acid free approx 85cm x60 cm