We invite you to peruse Hermine Spies Coleman charcoal sketches which form part of her Power of Loss and Gain Collection.
These are pencil and charcoal drawings from Hermine’s exhibition exploring the power of loss and gain. The artworks explore how we change as individuals as we experience losses in our lives – or gains. The drawings are to be viewed in association with the oil paintings shown here.
Hermine Spies Coleman pencil charcoal sketches collection subject matter covers the range of human emotions that we encounter particularly when we experience loss including loneliness and grief and resultant depression.
See Hermine’s other artworks here and here

Share in Part
Mixed media on paper 580mm x 410mm (22.8″ x 16.14″) Broken minds and bodies can inspire and reveal alternative possibilities.
USD 410.00
Hermine: “In keeping with the theme of the collection, this piece celebrates how us as humans can come back from dire setbacks and make good.”

Transition
Graphite and charcoal on paper
400mm x 580mm (15.7″x 22.8″)
SOLD
By shifting shapes, one can create new identities. Then new questions arise, requiring answers.
Hermine: ” Most of us are alternating between gain and loss“

Queen of Shades
Mixed Media on paper collage 430mm X 260mm (16.9″X 10.2
USD 200.00
The masking of emotions: what lies beneath a face pasted on for the world to see.
Hermine.” Most of us never allow the world to see the real us – might cause way too much pain which would be impossible to cope with.”

Not Alone
Mixed Media on Paper 430mm x 600mm (16.9″x 23.6″)
Another person can be a blanket of comfort in times of need.
USD 250.00
Hermine: “Who of us has had to cope with the down side of life alone? How wonderful it is to share our grief with a friend”
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