DRAWING
Sugar Palm, 2026
19 × 14 in
48.26 x 35.56 cm
Gouache, graphite, oil stick, collage on paper
DRAWING
Lemon & Sugar , 2026
18 × 14 in
45.72 x 35.56 cm
Gouache, graphite, oil stick, collage on paper
DRAWING
Study for Bathtime, 2026
11 × 14 in
27.94 x 35.56 cm
Gouache, graphite, oil stick, collage on paper
DRAWING
Before the Ballet, 2026
19 × 16 in
48.26 x 40.64 cm
Gouache, graphite, oil stick, collage on paper
DRAWING
Soft Rebellion, 2026
19 × 14 in
48.26 x 35.56 cm
Gouache, graphite, oil stick, collage on paper
DRAWING
Pink Jungle, 2026
20 × 14 in
50.8 x 35.56 cm
Gouache, graphite, oil stick, collage on paper
DRAWING
Pool party 2026
20 × 14 in
50.8 x 35.56 cm
Gouache, graphite, oil stick, collage on paper
In his series, Unscripted Presence, Roth turns toward the figure, arriving not at portraiture, but at presence. These drawings inhabit quiet, unguarded moments—figures at rest, suspended between awareness and reverie, caught in a state of interior pause. They are less staged than discovered, glimpses of something already unfolding. Working from direct observation, memory, intuition, Roth creates subtle relationships between his figures. Their proximity suggests an unspoken dialogue: bodies lean toward one another, gazes drift, forms quietly echo and support each other. There is an emotional gravity here, though it resists narrative. The figures seem to share an experience that remains just beyond language. The studies emerge through an intuitive process of revision. Spontaneous line, underpainting, and layered passages of collage allow forms to shift, surface and recede. Edges dissolve. Color interrupts line and structure. Nothing is fully resolved. Instead, each figure remains in a state of becoming, held within the vitality of the drawing itself. Space is equally fluid. Interiors flatten and expand; body and background intermingle. Rather than describing a place, the drawings invite us in —a space where memory, observation, and imagination quietly overlap. At their core, these works are not about likeness, but recognition. A fleeting gesture. A shared silence. The quiet awareness of another presence. Here, the figure becomes less a subject than a threshold—an opening into something intimate, atmospheric, and deeply human.
