Ghosts, a charcoal drawing by Rob Harris of two snow leopards forming a quiet symmetrical composition

Ghosts

Wild Hearts. Leopards.

Charcoal on French cotton paper
160 × 113 cm

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Charcoal drawing by Rob Harris Art of two snow leopards forming a quiet symmetrical composition

Presence is Fleeting

Two snow leopards draw together, their bodies turning inward to create one quiet form.

Nothing has been drawn to create the heart.

It emerges from the relationship between them.

Their bodies remain distinct, while their tails and paws reach toward one another, creating a sense of connection.

Presence becomes form.

Close up of Ghosts faces, a sculptural charcoal drawing of two snow leopards by Rob Harris

Sculptural Presence

Charcoal becomes volume.

Though created entirely through drawing, the work is conceived as a physical form.

The two bodies sit in quiet symmetry, their forms creating balance and tension across the paper.

Their tails curve inward, meeting beneath them and completing the heart-like structure.

Light gives the forms weight.

Shadow gives them depth.

The drawing begins to feel less like an image of two snow leopards and more like a single sculptural presence.

Angled view of Ghosts, a sculptural charcoal drawing of two snow leopards by Rob Harris

Scale

160 × 113 cm

Wild Hearts originals are created at museum scale so the work can be encountered rather than simply viewed.

At full size, the relationship between the animals becomes physical.

The drawing occupies space.

The scale creates presence.

Ghosts charcoal artwork by Rob Harris shown at museum scale

Look closer

At distance, Ghosts resolves into one quiet form.

Closer, the surface breaks apart into fur, texture, shadow and individual charcoal marks.

The work rewards time.

What first appears simple becomes increasingly intricate the longer it is seen.

Close-up of snow leopard fur, texture and charcoal marks in Rob Harris’s Ghosts

The Material

Charcoal on French cotton paper

Ghosts is drawn on museum-grade French cotton paper selected for its ability to hold fine marks, subtle tonal transitions and the density of charcoal required to build the forms.

The white of the paper remains visible throughout the work.

It is not background.

It is part of the composition.

French cotton paper used for Rob Harris’s Ghosts charcoal drawing

The Original

Ghosts

Unique original
160 × 113 cm
Charcoal on French cotton paper
Signed by Rob Harris & Georgia Harris

Original enquiries

Original Ghosts charcoal artwork by Rob Harris and Georgia Harris

Limited Edition

A strictly limited edition of Ghosts is available for collectors who wish to own the work without acquiring the unique original.

Each edition is produced on museum-grade paper, signed and numbered by both artists, and accompanied by collector documentation.

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Limited edition of Ghosts charcoal artwork by Rob Harris Art

Wild Hearts

Ghosts is one work within an evolving series of fifteen.

Each work explores a different expression of connection, protection and belonging through the physical relationship between animals.

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Wild Hearts Series by Rob Harris