This is the full comp • ‘La Mer’ 18.25”x14.5” graphite on paper (rives bfk) — There are people I’ve met in the most ordinary of places, who carry in their countenance and in their way of being the weight of much larger things. The eternal and the heroic are found in the eyes, expressions, and deeds of those around us. In the pursuit of “style”, and “technique”, and what can become a kind of obsession purely with the formal elements of art, I never want to lose sight of what matters most to me — the real person, and the actual experience. Otherwise it’s all pure abstraction and what the hell are we talking about if your ideas never touch the earth. Because it is through contact and intimacy with something outside your own mind that you gain knowledge, and understand things enough to love them. The power and implication of the human journey, of a persons soul at work in the world, is more than I can bare. A young man, stares into the deep waters and is faced with a decision: ‘to be, or not to be.’ • “On Paper” opens today - 888 Newark Ave 3rd Floor. Jersey City, NJ 07302 - purchases can be made via the online gallery which is now live! Check it out @👉 www.faausgallery.com • #lamer #graphitedrawing #pencildrawing #julioreyes #julioreyesart