Moment, 2026
Black fine line felt tip ink pen, watercolour, pastel pencil, coloured pencil, watercolour marker, acrylic paint on 30 individual sheets of paper.
30 individual paper panels, each 25cm x 21.5cm, 129.5cm x 137cm total
My practice incorporates drawing from life, observing the people and places around me and capturing everyday activities and mundane moments of stillness. Moment brings together fine-line ink drawings of human bodies across multiple panels, layered over a mixed-media background of plant life that connects each panel to the next.
The work was inspired by the anthropocentric tendency to position ourselves above other beings, as though human life exists apart from the wider ecosystem. Rather than reinforcing this hierarchy, Moment acts as a gentle reminder for empathy, highlighting the interconnectedness of individuals. Playing with two simultaneous perspectives, I overlay individual figures with plant forms, subtly placing the human body back within the complex and entangled ecosystem of life.
Photographs: Anna Kucera
UNSW School of Art & Design stands on an important place of learning and exchange first occupied by the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples.
We acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land that our students and staff share, create and operate on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend this respect to all First Nations peoples across Australia. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
