This 16"x20" Oils, Acrylics on Canvas drawing by Stephen Stocklin features a profile portrait rendered primarily in loose graphite marks on a pale ground. Dense, energetic scribbles create a dark mass suggesting hair or turbulent thought above and around the head, while the face itself is defined by lighter, more deliberate strokes. The profile shows a simplified nose and jawline, with a striking red mark indicating an open mouth. Delicate looping lines extend from the dark mass, adding a sense of movement or unraveling. The entire composition has an urgent, sketchy quality, as if capturing a fleeting moment or emotion.
The painting evokes the voice emerging from complexity—how speech or expression breaks through the tangled density of our inner world. The swirling dark marks suggest the overwhelming nature of thought and feeling, while the red mouth represents the moment we finally articulate what churns within us, reminding us that expression is both an escape from and a revelation of the chaos we carry.
This 16"x20" Oils, Acrylics on Canvas drawing by Stephen Stocklin features a profile portrait rendered primarily in loose graphite marks on a pale ground. Dense, energetic scribbles create a dark mass suggesting hair or turbulent thought above and around the head, while the face itself is defined by lighter, more deliberate strokes. The profile shows a simplified nose and jawline, with a striking red mark indicating an open mouth. Delicate looping lines extend from the dark mass, adding a sense of movement or unraveling. The entire composition has an urgent, sketchy quality, as if capturing a fleeting moment or emotion.
The painting evokes the voice emerging from complexity—how speech or expression breaks through the tangled density of our inner world. The swirling dark marks suggest the overwhelming nature of thought and feeling, while the red mouth represents the moment we finally articulate what churns within us, reminding us that expression is both an escape from and a revelation of the chaos we carry.
