Abstract charcoal drawing with scraped, brayered surface forming mountain peak or A-frame cabin shapes, paths leading upward, inspired by Connecticut woodland landscapes.

Mountain Lodge

(Glyph Drawing No. 9)

Charcoal, oil stick and graphite on paper

19 x 24 inches

Mountain Lodge (Glyph Drawing No. 9) emerged from an overworked charcoal surface—scraped, brayered, and partially reclaimed through both accident and intervention. The resulting textures became part of the composition’s vocabulary, evoking a mountain peak, an A-frame cabin, or a tent, with paths or rivers leading upward. The forms echo campground signage and forest iconography, nodding to both the natural world and the human schematics used to represent it. These shapes and symbols recall the state parks and trails of rural Connecticut, where the series was created.

Mountain Lodge displayed on studio pegboard; textured abstract charcoal composition evoking mountains and forest iconography, showing scale and surface detail, inspired by rural Connecticut surroundings.
Detail of Mountain-Lodge (Glyph Drawing No. 9), showing a coarse, uneven surface, pockmarked and bearing the traces of brayers and scrapers. Charcoal has been worked on and off the surface reavealing oil stick beneath. The black is interrupted by a sharp white shapes of the underlying paper with faint graphite grid lines.