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

9 x 12 abstract figure painting on paper

My latest painting is metallics and acrylic inks on 9x12 inch paper. Colors range from brown to grey to pink. Above is a detail of the painting and the video below shows how the colors change with the angle of light shifts and catches the metallics in the acrylic paint. What I like about painting abstract figures is the definition of what we see is blurred and allows the viewer to experience what they see from their own perspective and experience. " In Euclidean rapture, every time a habit circuit breaks an angle gets its wings When a habit circuit breaks, the mind creates a new vector for thought. Like a shift in an angle’s geometry, a fresh pathway emerges, opening new possibilities. The “wings”—freedom from the constraint of automatic behavior. The break is a rupture, allowing awareness to expand beyond what was, reaching a more clarified state. Transcendence is but an evolution of mental form. It’s the mind restructuring, reclaiming agency, and reshaping the plane of experie...

hiking and bird watching

hiking April started out with lots of rainy and cloudy days. Luckily, there was always a couple of hours each day where the rain stopped and I could go hiking in the local trails. golden crowned sparrow The Sparrows (house, fox, golden-crowned, white-crowned) discovered the seed I was putting out for them within a few days of my moving into this new place. Soon after, the Chickadees, Juncos, Towhees, Finches and Flickrs discovered the feeders too. male house finch I started reading Gloria Steinem's "My Life on the Road" and love this quote from her book. The beginning of this year was full of uncertainty for me. And I can see how that gave me the chance to establish a new beginning, to begin the next chapter in my life. Gloria Steinem, quote

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