Drawing V (Woman with Birds) Pen Ink Figurative Drawing

Rendered in stark black-and-white, the portrait stages an intimate collision between the human and the mythic: a woman’s tilted gaze—at once inward and startled—meets the poised beak of a looming bird, as if thought itself has taken animal form. Dense crosshatching models her face into a topography of shadow and revelation, while the rhythmic lines of hair and the ornate textile border create a counterpoint of tenderness against the bird’s dark, emphatic silhouette. Above, the patterned flight of a second bird opens the composition into a quiet omen, suggesting a narrative of transformation where innocence, vigilance, and desire for escape occupy the same breath.