Untitled 

George Bunker, born in 1923, made this untitled sketch using pastels on paper. Unlike oil paint or bronze, pastels offer a directness, allowing the artist to apply pigment with minimal mediation. Bunker’s marks remain clearly visible, revealing a process of layering and blending. The texture of the paper itself becomes part of the image, grabbing the dry pigment. The sketch includes a color key, a record of Bunker's decision-making, as he considered his palette. There's a provisional quality, a sense of experimentation, of playing with the softness and vibrancy that pastels allow. Bunker likely valued the immediacy and portability of this medium. In his hands, it becomes a tool for quickly capturing a scene and its atmosphere. This piece reminds us that the value of art lies not just in the finished product, but in the artist's labor, the choices made during the process, and the inherent qualities of the materials themselves.