New Work: "Metal Head, Philip Glass"

Just documented my first finished work from the developing series "Metal Heads". Each of these drawings is a visual compliment to my friend Brad Richard's soon-to-be-published book of poetry, "Butcher's Sugar".
Process and materials-wise, I'm starting each of these drawings with a visual response to a piece of found metal. In this case, the metal in question is a decorative light socket cover, sewn to the lower right edge of the page. The combination of the stolid expressions on these faces (inspired by portrait busts from my recent trips to Italy in 2009 and 2010) and the collage of art glass pieces at the bottom of the composition influenced the title... plus I am actually listening to a lot of Philip Glass these days in the studio.