Drawing Mixed Media on Paper by Jim Bloom: Untitled

A crowded bar, a bottle in one hand and a scowl on nearly every face.

Untitled is a drawing in mixed media on paper by Jim Bloom (b. 1968). Crowded social scenes in bars and cafes have been a favorite subject for artists since the 19th century, offering faces and small dramas in close quarters. Here figures press together in charcoal, grey wash and touches of ochre. A young man with heavy brows grips a bottle in the foreground, beside another with slicked hair and a sideways stare. Behind them a band plays. The artist's name is written in red at the lower right. It is 18 inches wide and 16 high.

Everyone here has somewhere better to be, and nobody is leaving.