Charcoal on wood, this piece is as much about the material as it is about the image itself. The wood isn’t just a substrate - it carries the weight of the work. The grain becomes part of the figure, part of the moment, threading through the composition like memory or breath. At the heart, a mirror draws the viewer inward, asking them to see themselves within the space the figure holds. What’s reflected shifts with whoever stands before it, creating a quiet exchange between the work and the world around it. “Grain of Truth” is about that exchange - how the things we hold, offer, and release are mirrored back to us, often in unexpected ways, and how the simplest materials can hold something enduring and honest.

About 3’x2’

Charcoal, acrylic paint, acrylic mirror, walnut frame