'He Is' by Aprilart

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By: ~Aprilart
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Original Artist's comments:
I have finally come to the finish of this long journey, and I can’t even begin to tell you everything going on inside me…..Most of it is too hard finding words for. While I was expecting most of what I’m going through, some things have completely taken me by surprise, and most of it will probably just simply go left unsaid.

I don’t even know where to begin…..While I feel a great sense of accomplishment in finishing a project that has taken me 11 months to do, I’m incredibly sad at the same time. In fact, the sadness is what I am experiencing most. I wish that white part of the paper was still there for me to work on.

Someone once told me that the journey of a drawing will show the worker so much about him/herself. It is very personal and no one could ever know what happened to the artist other than the artist him/herself. The actual journey is the true joy. At the time I understood that very much and believed it. I already had a great sense of that. But now that it is finished I completely understand to the fullest. This journey of working on “He Is” has shown me so much more than any other drawing I’ve ever worked on. The truth of the matter is that I feel like I have finally drawn my first drawing. All of those others just don’t compare. I am NOT talking about technical workmanship here. I do NOT feel like I’ve finally achieved technical prowess. I could care less about technical ability right now. This goes far deeper. NOR does this mean that it is because of the subject of this piece. Again, this goes far deeper. It’s all about the journey.

The journey is the real joy. It is where the artist is at. It is not in the finish of a piece. I used to have the viewpoint that the finish was the true artistry, but now I see how it is the journey that is the art. I would never trade the journey with any finished piece now. And it is that journey that will always be a part of me. No one can ever take that away from me. The drawing is out of my hands now. I’ve done my part of it. Now it is time for the viewers to go on their own journeys with it.

This drawing was actually finished the other day, but I had so much going on inside. I had to process it all. I still have much to think over. I couldn’t post it because I didn’t know what to say. I am still struggling with what to say… Right now, I can tell you that this journey has shown much about myself. This journey has also proven to be very healing and freeing. I didn’t go into this thinking I needed anything out of it, but I’m leaving it seeing how necessary it all was! This journey has given back to me in more ways than I can count. These things I just can’t share with you. They are far too personal.

So here is the finished piece. I hope you have enjoyed watching my journey.

Title: “He Is”
Medium: Graphite
Surface: Bristol Smooth
Size: 20 x 29.5 inches


A close up of the sleeve: [link]

A close up of the arm: [link]

*In my Scraps are all of the WIP progress shots.