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About this work

You see sharp, jagged pencil lines forming a dark mountain against a blank sky. Hartley drew this in the Alps, but the peaks feel more like the rocky coast of Maine, where he grew up. The lines are rough—almost angry—like he pressed hard to carve the shape into the paper. It’s not a pretty landscape; it’s a feeling of weight and isolation. If you like how Hartley turns nature into bold, simple shapes, look up cross-hatching.