Female image 1979

Hryhorii Havrylenko made this drawing of a female image with pen on paper in 1979. Just look at how these lines bring her to life. It reminds me of the sheer joy of mark-making, you know, that feeling of the pen dancing across the page. I can almost feel Havrylenko figuring out her face bit by bit, those little hatches giving shape to her cheek. Was he thinking about someone he knew, or just letting her emerge from his imagination? The simplicity of the lines gives it all such immediacy. You get the sense that Havrylenko wasn't trying to be perfect, just capturing a feeling, an essence. Drawing, like painting, it’s an ongoing conversation, a way of seeing, thinking, and feeling through the world. Each artist leaves their mark, their own unique signature, like a secret handshake across time.