Set of Three Life Drawings - print of India Ink paintings by Anya Tee

ARTIST STATEMENT: This is my first experience of life drawing. I was immediately captured by the beauty of the forms of the female body, which I had been so used to seeing in an idealised and/or sexualized way. I found joy in looking at a woman’s body as it is and appreciating it as a piece of art. The middle piece is more calm and still, while the other two have a lot more energy and movement. This is partly because I did them on different weeks, and at the session where I used the white emulsion, my tic disorder was very active, so I was flicking paint and ink everywhere. I had to relinquish a certain degree of control and just keep painting. ABOUT THE ARTIST: This piece is Shortlisted in the 2021 Sovereign Art Foundation Students Prize in Guernsey. Anya created this piece aged 18 while a student at Ladies College.