Linocut print on hand marbled Suminagashi Somerset paper.
”This print captures a more fractured state of dreaming. The central figure, absorbed in her phone, appears disconnected from her richly marbled surroundings. The piece is a quiet, uneasy portrait of distraction, longing, and emotional distance in the digital age.”
Dimensions: 30 x 40 cm.
About the artist:
Alexandra Motiu aka Moatzart is a printmaker and illustrator with a fine art background. She works with original printmaking techniques – mainly relief, linocut and wood engraving and has experience in etching, metal engraving & monotype. Her work has surreal qualities and humour, with an old masters' feel. She aims to make hauntingly beautiful work that will stay with the viewer for a long time. Enjoying busy compositions with complex stories which she builds up like a collage, her works are often rooted in myth and folklore. Alexandra creates detailed, decorative, and surreal prints that are entirely guided by the processes she works with, where mistakes are appreciated and oddities shine. She draws inspiration from people, specifically portraiture and it is from this sister art form that the stories encapsulated in her prints often develop.