JOANNA

Joanna is a self-taught contemporary ink artist based in the UK, inspired and influenced by the surrealistic approach of Salvador Dali and M.C. Escher. She is dedicated to working with abstract, fantasy pieces and aims to explore the beauty of the human spirit through her art.  She works with various mediums and styles, the most distinctive using pen and ink. Colour is used but more often she leans towards monochromatic expression. Her work captures the eye drawing you in to explore further, captivating her audience with hidden detail. Most of her work evolves purely from her imagination and the subject matter from whatever piques her interest. She has always aspired to create complex pieces to draw people in to observe the world from her mind’s eye. As an artist, Joanna believes in using complex lines to create powerful concepts. Her work is driven by a passion for capturing the underlying beauty and energy of things by honing into the fundamental line and exploring the limitless possibilities of the imagination. They are an investigation into representations of situations as well as depictions and ideas that can only be realized in drawing, never showing the complete structure. The results are deconstructed to the extent that meaning is shifted and possible interpretation becomes multifaceted, manipulating the viewer to create confusion without being hindered by the historical reality. By examining the ambiguity and origination via abstraction, she tries to increase the dynamic between the audience and author by objectifying emotions and investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations. This creates intense personal moments masterfully created employing rules and omissions, acceptance and refusal, luring the viewer round and round in circles, and by applying abstraction, she creates works, upon which thoughts that have just been developed are manifested. https://joannanouveaustudio.co.uk/compexhibits/