“Emergence” Ink and Watercolor on Paper, 2025
The piece you shared is part of her “Process Drawings” series. This series is an exploration of that very tension between the spontaneous and the deliberate.
- Improvisation and Intuition (The Organic Lines): The fluid, flowing, vine-like lines are the product of improvisation. This is the artist “going with the flow,” creating forms intuitively without a preconceived plan. This represents the spontaneous, subconscious part of the creative process.
- Focus and Intention (The Geometric Cubes): The geometric, cube-like shapes and other fine details are added with intense focus and attention to detail. This is the planned, intentional part of the process. The artist is consciously reacting to the initial improvised shapes, adding structure, and “turning mistakes into intention.”
Therefore, the artwork is a visual record of its own creation. It’s a map of the artist’s thought process, showing a dialogue between two opposing creative forces:
- The free-flowing, intuitive expression.
- The focused, intentional, and detailed response.
The meaning of the artwork is found in the balance and union of these opposites. It is a physical manifestation of her philosophy that intuition and intention are “equal and opposite” forces that, when combined, create a mysterious and balanced whole. It is not just a picture of a surreal landscape, but a landscape of a creative mind at work.
9″ x 9″
Made by Henken Bean