Every mark in these drawings was made by accumulation of unsteady smudges and scuffs. Despite the crude materials used, a wobbly precision delineates the ambitious subject matter. With soot and spit Castle takes on challenging vistas, interior perspective studies, Ansel Adams like nocturnes, an ornate door. The notation within the lines and planes is troubling because it indicates excessive effort. At the same time it serves the atmospheric perspective and the wear and variation on surfaces that defines naturalism. But a lack of line straightness and a clipped range of line quality suggest the work of a child.
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