French Drawing by Bob Meyer: Jessye Norman, Unframed

Eyes lowered, a slight smile, and a crown of hair drawn in fast, dark strokes.

Jessye Norman is a pastel drawing on paper by Bob Meyer, from France, dated 2017, signed, titled and dated "2017 Paris" on the front. Pastel sticks are made of pigment held together with very little binder, so color sits on the surface of the paper with unusual intensity. The singer looks down, her features modeled in soft grays against bright paper. Her tall, wrapped hair is built from scribbled and smudged marks that rise above her head. It is 37 inches wide and 45.5 high, with an image 22 inches wide and 30 high.

A portrait of a great voice, rendered in perfect quiet.