Line Drawing After Raphael - The Sistine Madonna (c 1513-4) Size:22" x 25" Framed and Matted Original both fragile in their way

both fragile in their way

At once real

beams—each with its own texture

but still keep the fun

the way fabric moves

Line Drawing After Raphael - The Sistine Madonna (c 1513-4) Size:22" x 25" Framed and Matted Original both fragile in their wayThis drawing is based on an enormously famous painting by the great Raphael from the sixteenth century that was caused people to enter a stage of religious ecstasy when they first were exposed to it. In my drawing, I'm attempting to get to the essence of the relationship between the mother and child, with as few lines as possible. This piece is part of my upcoming exhibition The Faces of CHiPs What if God lived in Gowanus? a series of studies and