Marc A. Burns translates the immediacy of the digital portrait into the tactile world of watercolor, finding a balance between realistic depiction and gestural mark-making. In Untitled #9 - Lying nude, the artist uses the transparency of the medium to map the contours of the body, allowing the pigment to settle into the curves and shadows of a figure at rest. The work avoids artifice, focusing instead on how light and moisture interact with the skin's surface.

Part of a series rooted in the visual culture of social media, the work strips away the noise of the platform to focus on the raw architecture of the human frame. The landscape orientation emphasizes the horizontal stretch of the subject, creating a sense of quietude that feels both intimate and analytically precise. By using traditional watercolor techniques to capture an Instagram-sourced subject, Burns bridges the gap between the ephemeral screen and the physical page.