Honoring the Art & Craft of Elijah Pierce

I endeavored to create a compelling portrait of a local art hero, blending studies and explorations of what I believe is Elijah’s unique way of carving worlds into surface with my ways of using the grain and tones of the wood panel with layers of color pencil, paint and pastels. Extra focus applied to his beautiful working hands holding one of his favorite tools.

18×18″ Commission work for CML

Ingredients: color pencil, oil pastel, graphite, acrylic, love, strength, & hope on plywood panel. Faux frame carved in to top layer of plywood panel

Find the original work at the Barnett branch of Columbus Metropolitan Library: 3434 E. Livingston Ave., Columbus, OH 43227

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