Between blinks

This piece was created using fine liner and ink, focusing on the eye as both a visual and emotional focal point. Working from a spontaneously captured photograph, I reinterpreted the image by intensifying contrast, light, and shadow to reveal a deeper emotional layer. The process was entirely intuitive — my first experience allowing instinct to guide each mark. Through this approach, I aimed to balance precision with raw feeling, resulting in a detailed composition that still carries a sense of immediacy. Between Blinks explores a quiet tension between fatigue and renewal. The eye appears tired, almost heavy, yet it continues to open again and again. In this repetitive motion, I reflect on the cyclical nature of perception — how each moment of closing is followed by a return to seeing, to awareness. The work invites the viewer to pause within that fleeting in-between state, where vulnerability and continuation coexist.

A monochrome eye study drawn in ink and fine liners, focusing on precision, texture, and contrast. Sharp lashes, diffused shadows, and broken ink marks create a controlled yet raw surface