The painting un-paints itself. Starting from the finished illustration, the colo

The painting un-paints itself. Starting from the finished illustration, the colors drain away stroke by stroke from the edges toward the windowsill: the golden birch leaves, the green walls and the floor fade into loose graphite pencil sketch lines on off-white paper; then the pencil lines themselves get erased, line by line, until only blank cream paper with a faint paper texture remains. The ...