Girl in Love horizontal Light layering with the pencil

Light layering with the pencil is what gives the illusion of depth and life to the drawing

Colored Pencil

and erotic heroines

5 X 13 inches | 24 x 33 cm

I mirror the innocence of my childhood in my series of paintings while simultaneously combining my experiences as a woman through the depiction of the female figure

Girl in Love horizontal Light layering with the pencilDetails Artist Bio Shipping Oil on Paper 6 in. D 15cm. 2016 Framed Jana Brike was born in Latvia, a small country in the Northeastern part of Europe, while it was under Soviet occupation. Her childhood was bittersweet, molded by dark stories of war and deportation told to her by her grandparents, the cold and conservative atmosphere of catholic church ceremonies, and heightened by breathtaking ballets at the Opera House. Her inspirations are as