It is the unexpected that happens. — Mark Twain

My experiments with water-soluble graphite in 2011 were a joyful surprise.  I would never have guessed that the medium was as malleable as I discovered it to be.  For those who love working with charcoal (as I do), I highly recommend it.

• Title: Water and Graphite, Volume I
• Medium: Water-Soluble Graphite on Paper
• Year: 2011
• Made in: Rome, Italy
• Available for purchase except those indicated with an asterisk (*)—for further details, please contact me

Titles, from top, left to right:

• Villa Borghese I
• Villa Borghese II
• Palazzo Altemps
• Villa Sciara
• Study from the HCA Museum – Collection of O. N.
• View from the Steps of Santa Maria d’Aracoeli
• La Fontana della Tartaruga
• Near the Campidoglio
• Villa Borghese III – Collection of Mario and Eowyn di Carlo