Graphic Edition – Guardian Angel

Description

Henar Soria Graphic Editions

Guardian Angel.

Drawing inspired by Javier Viver's sculpture "Ángel de la Guarda" (Guardian Angel).
Original made with ballpoint pen. Graphic edition made with high-quality mineral inks injected
onto Hahnemuhle German Etching paper, which offers maximum resistance to aging.

Biography

I have always loved drawing. I remember drawing ever since I can remember, with a special
interest in the human face. Lately, I have been using almost exclusively a pen because it is
what I have always had at hand, because there is no going back—which helps me avoid falling into obsessive perfectionism
—it doesn't take up space, it adapts to any situation, and it gives very satisfying results.
As for my training, I went to an art academy for 10 years where I mainly did still lifes
, which had nothing to do with drawing people, but it taught me to adapt quickly
and I learned about the use of color, light, and different techniques. My architecture degree also helped me
to become more fluent in my strokes and develop a more specific style, although I am still in the process.
Those years really marked a turning point in the way I perceived "artistic production"
−which I had always done in private, for pleasure−, because having to display my drawings in class
and always carrying a logbook with me, where I mixed drawings of projects with
others of people, I naturally began to give visibility to what I was doing and everyone told me
that I had to do something with it. But I didn't quite know what. What I did know was that when
Javier Viver offered to sell three of my drawings, I couldn't turn down the opportunity to start doing
something with them.
So here they are: María ante el misterio, Ángel de la Guarda, and La ternura de San José, three drawings
that I took out of my notebook, and whatever God wants for them, so be it.