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Personal Experience One day when my sister and I were very young, we were playing at our grandparents' house. We were 'walking' our dolls across the hallway into one of the bedrooms and back. When it was my sister's turn, she walked through the...

Clara Lieu, lithographic crayon on Dura-Lar. This drawing is from "Wading", a project that presents the most severe form of isolation as loneliness that is experienced when physically surrounded by other people. The presence of others is what can intensify the experience of loneliness for an individual. I visually portray loneliness as the experience of feeling unseen and unknown within a group.

When you hear charcoal, you tend to think that the result of using this medium to create a work of art would not be that appealing. But this illusion will

A shadowed figure shrouded in swirling black mist, eyes glowing an eerie red, performs a ritualistic dance. A ghostly apparition rises from the ground, its form flickering and distorted, reaching out with skeletal fingers. The air crackles with arcane energy, casting long, ominous shadows on the desolate landscape.

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A shadowed figure shrouded in swirling black mist, eyes glowing an eerie red, performs a ritualistic dance. A ghostly apparition rises from the ground, its form flickering and distorted, reaching out with skeletal fingers. The air crackles with arcane energy, casting long, ominous shadows on the desolate landscape.

Original minimalism photograph by Justin Sullivan (United States). This one-of-a-kind color on paper photograph measures 13W x 19 H inches. The portrait photograph ships in a box directly from the artist's studio and is covered by the 14-day satisfaction guarantee from Saatchi Art, so you can buy with confidence.

Artist Adam Riches uses pen and ink to create frenetic portraits of brooding anonymous figures. The monochrome illustrations emerge out of blank backgrounds, with broad, gestural lines skittering and looping across the paper. Often, pen drawings fall into two stylistic categories: contour drawings that capture the outlines and edges of their subject, or super-smooth onesContinue reading "Scribbled Portraits of Brooding Figures by Adam Riches"

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