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Catherine Soza
~ Fine Artist~

Drawings
2010 - 2013
The drawings in this gallery are created using dry pastel, charcoal, acrylic and conte on illustration board. They explore representations of the figure.
Concepts explored include ideas of heroism, villain, and beauty.

16 x 20 Inches Chalk Pastel, Conte and Acrylic on Illustration Board. Based on Marvel's comic book character Wolverine as portrayed by Hugh Jackman in the FOX X-Men movie franchise. Part of my male hero and anti-hero portrait series. Inspired by my interest in what defines a hero and villain in popular culture and the growing interest in "morally grey" characters.

16 X 20 Inches. Chalk pastel, conte and acrylic paint on illustration board. Based on Stephen Amell's portrayal of DC Comics character Green arrow as seen in the CW television series "Arrow". Part of my male hero and anti-hero portrait series. Inspired by my interest in what defines a hero and villain in popular culture and the growing interest in "morally grey" characters.

A portrait inspired by Bryan Cranston's portrayal of Walter White aka Heisenberg from Breaking Bad.

Chalk Pastel & Conte on Illustration Board. 11x14 Inches. 2010. A study on the combination of model features that define beauty in media and entertainment.

Chalk Pastel & Conte on Illustration Board. 16 x 20 Inches. 2011. Combining the tendency for both humans an birds to display or preen in order to attract a possible mate. Although among birds, males tend to have the brighter plumage.