Fragments of Rest

Drawing sold recently through Galerie Heike Arndt Berlin.

This drawing was made during a life-drawing session in Holborn, London, in 2023 and was recently sold through Galerie Heike Arndt Berlin.

What still stays with me about this piece is the atmosphere that appeared almost accidentally while drawing it. The model's pose — folded inward, with the body curling in on itself — immediately created something quiet and emotionally charged. There was a sense of rest in it, but also vulnerability, as if the figure was trying to disappear into the surrounding fabrics and space.

I worked quickly and instinctively, allowing fragments, unfinished areas, and overlapping lines to remain visible. I never wanted the drawing to feel overly resolved. For me, those broken edges and transparent layers are what keep the image alive. They hold the intensity of the moment — the concentration, the room's silence, the physical presence of someone staying still while being observed.

The soft blues, pale pinks, and washed-out whites gradually created a dreamlike atmosphere that I didn’t fully plan. The drawing moved beyond documentation and became more about sensation and memory. Even now, looking at it feels more like remembering something than simply seeing an image.

One of the strange and beautiful things about drawing is that you put so much intensity into a moment that later disappears. Years pass. The work sits quietly in a gallery storage space, almost forgotten, carrying that exact emotional state inside it. Then suddenly someone connects with it, and the drawing begins a new life somewhere else.

Selling this piece recently made me think about that feeling — how an image made during an ordinary afternoon in London three years ago can return unexpectedly, carrying with it fragments of memory, atmosphere, and emotion that still feel present today.