"The Fisherman"
"The Fisherman" is pastel on paper created in 2019. A weathered fisherman gazes solemnly from the canvas, his face a living map of sun, salt, and storms. Deep furrows carve through his leathery skin showing each wrinkle created from a life of predawn launches and stubborn hauls. The grit of a man who’s spent decades wrestling nets and tides, yet his pale eyes, faded like sea glass, still hold the horizon’s quiet fire.
The artist’s pastel strokes emulate texture masterfully: the coarse weave of his cable-knit hat, the windburned cheeks, the stray silver hairs of his beard. A faint blush of ruddy pink lingers on his nose and cheekbones from a lifetime squinting into glare off the water.
This is no romanticized sailor, but an honest portrait of hard work.
~ Scherell Art