Charcoal & graphite on paper

A Giggle Under the Hood

A Giggle Under the Hood
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Caught mid-laugh in a too-big hood — all dimples and unguarded joy.

A child caught mid-laugh, half-swallowed by a hood several sizes too big. It belongs to a run of charcoal and graphite portraits made in 2012, most of them close-cropped on a single face; this is one of the few that lets the sitter be plainly, uncomplicatedly happy.

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