About The Artist:
Bruce Dorfman
Born in New York City, Bruce Dorfman is an assemblage, collage and mixed-media artist as well as an art instructor on the faculty of the Art Students League from 1964 including the League's summer school at Woodstock. He was artist-in-residence at the Norton Museum, where he founded the Experimental Print Workshop. From 1993 to 1996, Dorfman was a guest lecturer and artist at museums and art schools in Venezuela, Portugal, and France. He is the...
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About The Medium:
Charcoal
A form of dry art medium made of finely ground organic materials that are held together by a gum or wax binder or produced without the use of binders by eliminating the oxygen inside the material during the production process. Charcoal can produce lines that are very light or intensely black, while being easily removable, yet vulnerable to leaving stains on paper. The dry medium can be applied to almost any surface from smooth to very coarse.