The Art of Illusion

Illusion is not about deception.

It is about belief.

In drawing, illusion occurs when the viewer momentarily forgets the surface. When charcoal, paper, and space recede, and something else takes their place.

This work is built through restraint. Through decisions about what is left untouched as much as what is rendered. Detail is not used to impress, but to anchor the eye. Contrast is not exaggerated, but controlled.

The illusion does not come from realism alone. It comes from balance. From proportion. From the quiet tension between presence and absence.

Each drawing asks the viewer to slow down. To spend time. To allow the image to resolve gradually, rather than all at once.

The illusion holds only as long as attention is given.