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A powerful male nude figure study in HB, B, 2B, 3B and 4B graphite, rendering on paper a classic Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo. The artist's gentle measured layering of the dark graphite creates an appealingly clean and smooth quality -- the viewer can almost feel the original sculpture's marble -- even as his eye for detail faithfully renders every fine detail of the strong and muscular male arms bound in slavery. From the light and shadows and reflections of the modeling of the man's flesh, the viewer can almost feel the tortuous strength and frustration of the writhing figure who nevertheless looks upward with hope toward light and freedom, perfectly capturing the feel of the original sculpture by the Old Master of the Italian Renaissance.

SCOTT KIRKMAN is a versatile artist who strives to create fine art so overflowing with beauty, it stirs the soul of the viewer. "If someone looking at my art can't help but whisper 'Wow', then I've done my job well." Scott works to create superlative art, whatever medium he's working in -- graphite, charcoal, colored pencils, watercolor, pastels, or oils. And whatever the subject in his impressively eclectic range: from bold, powerful seascapes to precise technical drawings; from intimate portraits to magnificant landscapes; from sumptuous nudes to delicate, elegant calligraphy; from timeless spiritual images to modern, mind-opening abstracts. DEDICATED BEGINNINGS Scott first began drawing as a young boy. Beyond typical...