Description
‘Fire Raven’ by Karl Trewhela
Artist: Karl Trewhela
Title: ‘Fire Raven’
Medium: Pen and ink – Copic Multiliner 0.03 Micon Pigma 005 on Strathmore vellum 500 Series Bristol board
Dimensions: 14″ x 11″
Framing: Framed (Frame size: 17″ x 13.75″)
Year of Creation: 2021
About the Artwork:
“Like pretty much all of my art, Fire Raven is about resilience and strength, dealing with feelings of vulnerability and fragility. The Japanese character in the eye is Kanji and means Fire. A symbol of rebirth, resurrection and hope. Standing strong with the volatile stormy clouds behind.
Over a hundred hours spent traditionally drawn pen and ink dark art piece.” – Karl Trewhela
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Karl Trewhela was born in Dublin to a South African father and an Irish mother. The youngest of five children and brought up in the South East of England, Karl drew from a very early age. Taken to wildlife parks as a young boy, drawing animals, nature has always been and continues to be a tremendous influence.
He received his BA Honors in Illustration & Visual Communication at Middlesex University, however, self-taught on the whole, using life and the great pen masters of the past as his teachers. Forever fascinated with the detail, delicacy and emotional power of traditional drawing and in particular ink work, Karl uses the finest pen points within a dreamy landscape. A visceral, therapeutic and meditative journey exploring feelings, balance, the wonder and absurdity of life.
The authenticity and strength of the dimmest of light shining through the dark is paramount, a sign of hope.
Exhibited in London and Seattle.