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2024 –

Silhouettes

There is a Shakespearean majesty to David Bailin's […] drawings on milk carton overstock of humans mired in sink holes of their own making. The drawings entangle the viewer's emotions in webs of empathy and anger. These characters ought to be rescued, or perhaps they deserve their comeuppance, or what is a person meant to feel watching this slow-motion train wreck cum Divine Comedy of men in suits?

— Jill Kearney • 2026

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The Silhouettes

  • SOUND • 2026 • Charcoal on Paper • 20 x 26 inches [51 x 66 cm]

    SOUND • 2026 • Charcoal on Paper • 20 x 26 inches [51 x 66 cm]

  • SANDPIT • 2025 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 20 x 26½ inches [51 x 67 cm]

    SANDPIT • 2025 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 20 x 26½ inches [51 x 67 cm]

  • SLOPE • 2025 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 23¾ x 26 inches [58 x 66 cm]

    SLOPE • 2025 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 23¾ x 26 inches [58 x 66 cm]

  • DECK • 2025 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 17½ x 25 inches [44 x 64 cm]

    DECK • 2025 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 17½ x 25 inches [44 x 64 cm]

  • MEETING • 2025 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 17¼ x 25¼ inches [44 x 64 cm] • Private Collection, NY

    MEETING • 2025 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 17¼ x 25¼ inches [44 x 64 cm] • Private Collection, NY

  • HEDGE • 2025 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 21¼ x 26½ inches [54 x 67 cm]

    HEDGE • 2025 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 21¼ x 26½ inches [54 x 67 cm]

  • SWARM • 2025 • Charcoal on Paper • 17½ x 25 inches [44 x 64 cm]

    SWARM • 2025 • Charcoal on Paper • 17½ x 25 inches [44 x 64 cm]

  • GATE • 2025 • Charcoal on Paper • 20½ x 26 inches [42 x 66 cm]

    GATE • 2025 • Charcoal on Paper • 20½ x 26 inches [42 x 66 cm]

  • COPSE • 2025 • Charcoal on Paper • 17 x 24¾ inches [43 x 63 cm]

    COPSE • 2025 • Charcoal on Paper • 17 x 24¾ inches [43 x 63 cm]

  • POND • 2024 •Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 20 x 27 inches [51 x 69 cm]

    POND • 2024 •Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 20 x 27 inches [51 x 69 cm]

  • WAVE • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 20½ x 26 inches [42 x 66 cm] • Private Collection, Los Angeles

    WAVE • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 20½ x 26 inches [42 x 66 cm] • Private Collection, Los Angeles

  • CLUB • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 20 x 26½ inches [51 x 67 cm]

    CLUB • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 20 x 26½ inches [51 x 67 cm]

  • SIGNAL • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 17½ x 25 inches [44 x 64 cm] • Private Collection, Los Angeles

    SIGNAL • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 17½ x 25 inches [44 x 64 cm] • Private Collection, Los Angeles

  • BURST • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 20½ x 26 inches [42 x 66 cm]

    BURST • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 20½ x 26 inches [42 x 66 cm]

  • STROLL • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 19½ x 26 inches [49 x 66 cm] • Private Collection, AR

    STROLL • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 19½ x 26 inches [49 x 66 cm] • Private Collection, AR

  • THREE TREES • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 17 x 25 inches [43 x 64 cm]

    THREE TREES • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 17 x 25 inches [43 x 64 cm]

  • ROW • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 20 x 26½ inches [51 x 67 cm] • Private Collection, Los Angeles

    ROW • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 20 x 26½ inches [51 x 67 cm] • Private Collection, Los Angeles

  • DRAG • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 17½ x 25½ inches [44 x 65 cm] • Private Collection, Los Angeles

    DRAG • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 17½ x 25½ inches [44 x 65 cm] • Private Collection, Los Angeles

  • DIG • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 16¾ x 25½ inches [42 x 65 cm] • Private Collection, AR

    DIG • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 16¾ x 25½ inches [42 x 65 cm] • Private Collection, AR

  • BAG • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 20½ x 25½ inches [42 x 65 cm]

    BAG • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 20½ x 25½ inches [42 x 65 cm]

  • HERE • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 16¾ x 25½ inches [42 x 65 cm] • Private Collection, AR

    HERE • 2024 • Charcoal and Coffee on Paper • 16¾ x 25½ inches [42 x 65 cm] • Private Collection, AR

  • STRUGGLE • 2024 • Charcoal on Paper • 20 x 26¼ inches [51 x 67 cm] • Private Collection, AR

    STRUGGLE • 2024 • Charcoal on Paper • 20 x 26¼ inches [51 x 67 cm] • Private Collection, AR

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Statement

Continuing a long-time interest in figures in landscapes, this series follows closely the tone and tenor of the Gatherings series except drawn from the perspective of the outsider–skeptical, apprehensive, nervous. The figures in these landscapes, drawn without faces or specifics, are anonymous and uncanny, sometimes appearing threatening, sometimes reassuring, but never viewed without being on guard.

I am not a political artist but this series is the closest I've come. No dark humor, no cynicism, no irony...just plain horror.

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