Chief
Chief with Staff
Local Chiefs Gather
The Chief’s Other Brother
Drummers of Ghana
Chief’s Wife and Kids
Chief’s Brother
Dr. Oruro, Ghana
President Reagan
President Reagan, pencil
Dr. Kissinger
President Nixon
Generalisimo Castro
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Pope John Paul
Ride’m Ronnie
Nervous Orangutan
Toe Biting Orangutan Baby
The Really Endangered Species List, Kangaroo
The Really Endangered Species List, Pelican
The Really Endangered Species List, African Elephant
The Really Endangered Species List, Black Rhino
The Really Endangered Species List, Big Horn Sheep
The Really Endangered Species List, Zebra
The Tiger’s Back
Laughing Elephant
Hippos, study
Musk Ox
Wart Hog and Mirror
Vulture
Wolf Face, charcoal
Sarah
Newton
Santa’s Helpers
Gracey
Winkie
Black Lab, Butterfly and Shadows
Flower Snack
Casey
Jumping Dolphins
Olympian
Female Torso
The Good Witch
Double Trouble
Soul Strut
Atlas, study 5
Atlas, study 3
Pregnant Mother Earth
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
Done Deal
Salute
Revelation
My God Says…
Shame
This is It
This is Art
This is Perfect
Do You Like Me?
Complaint Dept.
Team Work
I Hate My Job
My Lip Plate is Killing Me
Call Now
Be the Ball
Food is Good
I Feel Great Tonight
Bob and Jim
I’m a Cat Person
Your Future Looks Fucked
I’m Bob, I’m Bob
This is Very Serious, Oh Lord, Wow
Secret Meeting
Is This Thing Loaded
This is the End
Why
I Miss You
Corporate Decision
Maybe This Time
Bird Food
Surfer in the Tube
Surfer 1
Walking to the Market in Morelia Mexico
Cathedral, Salamanca, Spain
Goofball Joey
No!
Bubbles
Self Portrait, Japan 1998 double mirror view
I Can’t Wait to See You
Happy Skull
Skull Punk
Self Portrait
Comments 4
Dear Mr. Bragg,
My dear friend, Jill, recently passed away and I acquired her small collection of print and original artwork. One of the items I almost missed was still packaged between two pieces of cardboard! It is titled First Light and it’s a young woman with her head tilted to the left (as you look at the picture). It’s a blueish gray coloring. In pencil at the bottom left it says A/P then First Light, then it is signed Charles Lynn Bragg. Can you share more about this drawing and the year it was created? It is a lovely piece of work.
Sincerely,
Tisha
Author
Hello Tisha,
I am so sorry for Jill’s passing on.
As for the art, “First Light” is an etching, limited edition of 300 plus 30 AP (artist’s proof) and 30 PP (printer’s proof). There was also another limited edition pulled from this etched zinc plate in a “flesh” (Caucasion) color. I created the plate in 1988. The image is made from a drawing that I made from a photo shoot of a beautiful young girl named Leigh. There are two other limited editions from the same model, they are titled “Dawn” and “Morning”.
I hope you can enjoy the work that your friend/family member found to be precious enough to keep.
Thank you,
Charles
Hi my sister passed away 2 years ago. I found a framed print of yours with the papers certificate of authenticity. Title Childs Face in Shadow. its dated 8-25-2009. I researched this etching and found nothing about it. Is there a meaning to this picture?
Author
Hello Chris, I hope your memories of your sister will be enough to comfort you. I am pretty sure I know which image you are asking about. The image is an etching made and printed in 1977 and part of a limited edition. The certificate of authenticity was signed in 2009 for that sale. The image is based on a photo I saw long ago. I made a drawing of it first and then an etching. It sounds like you have the etching. Is your piece signed and numbered or is it signed as an A/P, artist proof or something like that? I must admit that I can’t find the details of that limited edition but I remember that I made it along with other baby face images and they were all made in 1977 with edition size of 150.