Father's portrait

A bearded man with shoulder-length hair stands beside a rough tree trunk that cuts diagonally through the composition, wearing a dark buttoned coat over a dark sweater. He holds a lit cigarette at waist height in his right hand and turns his face toward the viewer with a steady, direct gaze. Behind him a wooden house with shuttered windows is loosely suggested in the shadowed background.

Rendered entirely in black-and-white charcoal and sauce, the drawing builds deep, velvety blacks in the coat and hair against carefully modeled highlights on the face and hands. Textured strokes describe the bark and clapboard, while strong tonal contrast creates a somber, brooding academic study with a quiet, watchful intensity.