Portrait: J.M. Coetzee

Here is the next in a series of portraits I'm working on.  This is a 

portrait of the writer J.M.Coetzee.  Sometimes considered greatest 

living writer, he's at least, possibly, the most decorated living writer 

being the only author to win two Bookers, he also has a Nobel in 

literature. He's South African and writes about colonialism, 

racism, the ability of language to empower

or enslave, and sometimes  the outright failure of language. In his

 books conflicts are often irreconcilable, problems have no tangible 

solutions, and the outlook is bleak. I created the portrait out of a digital 

combination of ink, gauche, and Photoshop brushes, and tried to 

combined sharp jagged angular features, with a sympathetic, and 

somewhat confused stare.