Exploring possible worlds by Raquel Reis
Explore Mondoir Studio
Medium: Watercolor pencil
Dimensions: 29 x 42 cm
Year: 2023
Price: $500.00 USD
Status: available
"Exploring Possible Worlds" is a captivating drawing that invites you to contemplate the richness and potential within life's journey. The artist uses watercolor pencil on paper to depict a woman immersed in thought, pondering the myriad paths life offers and the boundless possibilities that lie beyond the surface. This figurative expressionism piece evokes a sense of wonder and encourages us to question the status quo, suggesting that imagination can lead us to new realms of understanding. The abstract expressionism style enhances the dreamlike quality, making it a powerful statement piece. The artwork's subject, fantasy, and use of blue hues further contribute to its ethereal and contemplative atmosphere. Being a medium-sized drawing, it is perfect for adding a touch of contemporary expressionism to a bedroom, living room, or study. Let this drawing inspire you to embrace the power of imagination and explore the endless possibilities within yourself and the world around you.
Why collect this work?
Overlapping facial fragments and encircling hands prevent this figure from resolving into a single likeness, presenting perception as an active construction among competing possibilities.
- Reis describes her figuration as emotional translation rather than portraiture. That stated aim helps explain why recognizable features remain legible here while resisting a coherent identity.
- In the photograph, blue hands frame grey, orange and blue profiles around a central eye. Dense dark hatching compresses these interlocking forms against a pale green field of repeated scalloped lines.
- The documented watercolor pencil medium can support both precise contours and layered colour. Here, strong outlines separate the crowded shapes, while directional marks model facial passages and animate the dark surround.
- At the documented scale of 29 by 42 centimetres, the compressed composition turns the intimate format of drawing into a test of recognition: how many possible faces can occupy one head?
About the Artist
Raquel Reis
Raquel Reis is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: painting. Based in Madrid, ES.
Nationality: Brazilian
My work is rooted in sensation, perception, and gesture.
