ink portrait drawings and figure paintings

small figurative ink painting by gallery juana

I've been exploring drawing directly with a sumi stick onto the paper and have completed several new figure and portrait paintings this month and will continue to update my Gallery Juana on Etsy shop throughout September.

sumi ink portrait, 9 x 12 inches on paper

The portrait above and in the following video was done from my imagination and drawn directly with the sumi stick.

It's available here:

https://galleryjuana.etsy.com/listing/1796379543

The figure in the following video and detail photo below is available here:

https://galleryjuana.etsy.com/listing/1796385669

detail of figure ink painting by gallery juana

I love how the mark making remains even when I follow with watercolor and acrylic inks. The result is a figurative nearly abstract painting of a body seemingly made of metal.

"Sumi ink etches the first movements—a skeletal whisper beneath the skin of acrylic reds, browns, and blacks. It’s a landscape of raw exposure, with the torso and thighs thrust forward, stripped of arms, disempowered but somehow defiant in its stark vulnerability." AI generated art critique

I have my art works available here: https://galleryjuana.etsy.com

Shadows and Challenging your Boundaries

For the first couple of months in our new rental house, Sputnik would plant herself at the top of the stairs and cry for me to come back upstairs. We tried different methods of coaxing her into coming downstairs and decided time would tell. One day as I was in the kitchen, I saw something move across the floor and realized it was my cat. She had made it downstairs on her own. Now she explores the whole house, usually at night, when all is quiet. She's reminded me that sometimes the limitations I think I have are all in my mind.

Welcome to my online art journal. This is where I share my journal pages, works in progress, notes on my art process, perspectives and musings. I’ll also post shop updates of finished paintings along with some expansion on each art work. It's a chance to meet the Gallery Juana Artist and owner. If you are interested in purchasing my art work, please visit my https://galleryjuana.etsy.com shop.

zine december 2021

Migration perzine series, translating my grief Migration, Issue No. 3 is my latest zine available in my Gallery Juana shop on Etsy. This issue is the the final installment in my migration zine series. This series started as a way to interpret my grief following my Mother’s death and began with the first issue in 2012 followed by a second issue in 2014, followed by the final issue No. 3 being completed in December 2021. Migration Issue No. 3 is a 30-page zine spanning from 2012 through December 2021 with art work and writings selected from my journals, mixed media art works, drawings and photography. I have my art works available here: https://galleryjuana.etsy.com

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