Charcoal & graphite on paper

A Secret on Her Lips

A Secret on Her Lips
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One fingertip pressed to her mouth, holding back a word she has not decided to say.

One fingertip pressed to the mouth, drawn at the moment before the gesture resolves into either silence or speech. The hand is as much the subject as the face, and the drawing is arranged so the eye arrives at it first.

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