Original artwork description:

This drawing was created in Hamburg, in a small apartment on the tenth floor, in front of a wide-open window with a magnificent red-violet sunset. We had moved from Berlin to Hamburg due to my husband's work. In this unfamiliar city, devoid of personal friendships, I found myself in a phase of deep introspection, during which I spent entire days drawing.

During those days, my primary commitment was the creation of some commissioned drawings for an Italian architectural studio. However, as the sun set, I reserved precious hours for my personal artistic journey. Specifically, I was experimenting with the fusion of photorealistic drawing and more surreal elements. I was also trying to enhance the depth and contrast in my drawings. In this direction, I had started overlaying fine-point black marker strokes on top of my pencil shading and adding points of light with a white marker.

The theme of this drawing was suggested to me by someone dear to me who was working on a philosophical text about the complex relationship between men and women. And since I was spending a lot of time with my husband during that period - often at sunset, which appeared so magnificent from that window that it seemed almost unreal, while I was drawing, my husband would sit next to me on a small sofa by the table, usually reading - I felt that this theme deeply reflected our shared experience in Hamburg.

However, in the process of creating this drawing, I wanted to represent a spiritual connection between two identities in a broader sense, one that transcended gender and identity categories. For the floral element, I drew inspiration from the flowers in Sandro Botticelli's works, aiming to infuse a touch of classical beauty and timelessness into my artistic work.

The drawing is not recent, so the paper has some slight creases on the right margin, which are, however, hardly visible and in my opinion do not compromise the quality of the work, but rather highlight the value of a handmade artistic product.

Materials used:

Pencils, markers

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