A bowed figure kneeling over pale flowers on a dark mound, dense pencil hatching, from The In-Between by Marina Ogai
Dark shoulders and back leaning down toward a cluster of white blooms, worked in layered pencil hatching, Letting Go by Marina Ogai
A head and torso bent low over the ground, silhouette built from dense graphite strokes, from The In-Between by Marina Ogai
White flower heads picked out against dark hatched earth, close detail of a pencil drawing on paper by Marina Ogai
Profile of a lowered head with loose dark hair, radiating pencil strokes in the background, detail from Letting Go by Marina Ogai
The turn of a dark shoulder above pale petals at the lower edge, pencil on paper detail by Marina Ogai
A bowed figure kneeling over pale flowers on a dark mound, dense pencil hatching, from The In-Between by Marina Ogai
Dark shoulders and back leaning down toward a cluster of white blooms, worked in layered pencil hatching, Letting Go by Marina Ogai
A head and torso bent low over the ground, silhouette built from dense graphite strokes, from The In-Between by Marina Ogai
White flower heads picked out against dark hatched earth, close detail of a pencil drawing on paper by Marina Ogai
Profile of a lowered head with loose dark hair, radiating pencil strokes in the background, detail from Letting Go by Marina Ogai
The turn of a dark shoulder above pale petals at the lower edge, pencil on paper detail by Marina Ogai

Letting Go

$700.00

I drew this while I was still holding on. Holding on to the idea that things can be brought back, negotiated, explained – that it is all still fixable if I find the right words. Drawing doesn't console you in periods like that. It keeps your hands busy while something inside settles itself without you.

By the end of the sheet it was quieter. Nothing became clear; the question simply stopped being a question. What was gone didn't get any smaller for it – if anything, it had a size for the first time.

From the series The In-Between
Pencil on Paper, 2026
21 × 29.5 × 0.1 cm
Original drawing, signed. One of a kind
All prices are in USD.

I drew this while I was still holding on. Holding on to the idea that things can be brought back, negotiated, explained – that it is all still fixable if I find the right words. Drawing doesn't console you in periods like that. It keeps your hands busy while something inside settles itself without you.

By the end of the sheet it was quieter. Nothing became clear; the question simply stopped being a question. What was gone didn't get any smaller for it – if anything, it had a size for the first time.

From the series The In-Between
Pencil on Paper, 2026
21 × 29.5 × 0.1 cm
Original drawing, signed. One of a kind
All prices are in USD.