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Type: Original
Medium: Pastels
Genre: Animals
Uploaded on: Saturday 11th Apr, 2026
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A quiet, close study of a wild presence, this pastel captures the understated dignity of the wild boar. The head emerges from a warm, earthen ground, as if formed from the same soil it inhabits—part animal, part landscape. Layers of soft pastel are worked and reworked to build a surface rich in texture: coarse bristles catch the light in ochres and umbers, while cooler greys define the weight and structure beneath.
This is not a portrait of spectacle, but of presence—an intimate encounter with a creature often overlooked, rendered with sensitivity to both its physicality and its quiet, enduring character.
