Drawing Portfolio
Efterpe Troupis's passion and bliss are in drawing and painting.
"When I was growing up in Illinois, I drew corn in all its states of growth and decay to teach myself how to draw. My artwork has always had a tension between realism and the conceptual search for meaning. Whether in portraiture or my other fine art commissions the privilege of another day of honing these skills humbles this person."
Wraptures
"The wraptures series started in Florence as a study of air movement through cloth. It has evolved into describing my interior, psychological spaces."
Get a Grip charcoal and chalk on gray paper 100 x 36 in. (254 x 91 cm) |
Dark Mirage charcoal on paper 38 x 28 in. (97 x 71 cm) |
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Under the Eaves charcoal on paper 100 x 36 in. (254 x 91 cm) |
Wrapture charcoal on paper 25 x 18 in. (64 x 46 cm) |
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Playing Lost-and-Found charcoal on paper 18 x 25 in. (46 x 64cm) |
Pleasure charcoal on paper 20 x 18 in. (51 x 46 cm) |
New Gold charcoal on paper 38 x 28 in. (97 x 71 cm) |
Trees
"My trees are my connection to the natural world and my search for where I belong in it."
Earthbound graphite on paper 6.5 x 7.5 in. (17 x 19 cm) 
Bird Tree graphite on paper 5 x 6 in. (13 x 15 cm) |
Slick graphite on paper 2.5 x 3.5 in. (6 x 9 cm) 
Gently Old graphite on paper 7.5 x 6.5 in. (19 x 19 cm) |
Friends graphite on paper 4 x 19 in. (10 x 48 cm) 
Soul graphite on paper 9 x 8 in. (23 x 20 cm) |