Lightning #10 renders a violent, transient natural phenomenon through the slow, deliberate accumulation of charcoal on paper, a tension that sits at the core of Karl Haendel's practice. Executed in 2006, the work belongs to the artist's ongoing series examining found and familiar imagery, translating photographic source material into richly worked drawings that feel simultaneously documentary and deeply subjective. The bold contrasts of dark ground and luminous strike capture the chaotic energy of lightning while the hand of the artist remains unmistakably present, each mark a quiet assertion of authorship over an image that might otherwise feel borrowed or impersonal. Haendel, a Los Angeles-based artist whose work has earned significant institutional attention, uses drawing as a means of slowing down perception, inviting prolonged looking at subjects that in their original contexts are consumed in an instant. The medium scale of this work, at approximately 57 by 76 centimeters, keeps the encounter intimate rather than monumental, a deliberate choice that grounds what could be a spectacular subject in something more contemplative and considered. The piece is signed by the artist, adding a direct point of connection between hand and finished object that reinforces the centrality of mark-making to Haendel's conceptual approach. For collectors drawn to works that navigate the boundary between representation and abstraction, or between the photographic and the painterly, Lightning #10 offers a compelling entry point into a body of work that has only grown in critical standing since its creation. The work is currently held at Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey, and is offered unframed, allowing the collector flexibility in presentation while preserving the raw, immediate quality of the paper support.