“Beneath the Indigo Veil” (2002) — A blind contour portrait rendered in charcoal, acrylic, sequin foil strands, and oil. The figure emerges from a turbulent field of deep indigo and splattered light, as if concealed within layers of night sky. Veiled yet present, the work invites the viewer to question what lies hidden and what struggles to be seen.
Beneath the Indigo Veil was created in 2002 during John McCaskill’s Blind Contour period, a body of work defined by raw, continuous-line drawing layered with expressive mixed media surfaces. In this piece, the portrait emerges from a turbulent ground of indigo, white, and black — a cosmos of splattered pigment, sequin foil strands, and oil. The blind contour line, drawn without looking at the paper, carries immediacy and vulnerability, rendering the figure both fragile and fierce.
- Collections: Mixed Media , PopArt and Portraits
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