A Book and a Palm Tree – Limited edition of 1 Drawing

Oak gall ink on Cotton Organdie. My interest in internal and external spaces has led me to draw the Showroom collection in the first place. This particular image does present a clear image of a garden with a book on a table and a palm tree in the background yet the main character (the reader/writer?) is not there. By using loose free-hand brush strokes I trace the moment but never really capture it as if it was a story imagined in one’s mind... It is a similar experience after one finishes reading a book: an image is created in one’s mind but it is never completely realistic and appears uncertain or even scattered. The use of monochrome ink confirms the scene is only a dream, but knowing that I use my own homemade Oak-gall ink brings some warmth and care to that almost transparent and almost untangible image in transformation.