Chalk on Paper Artwork by Luis Mandiola – Original Drawing 00026

$1,620

Chalk on Paper 00026 is a figurative drawing in which the profile of a woman emerges from a deep crimson ground through the application of chalk in cool white and blue. The face is rendered in profile — a classical orientation — but the treatment of the surface belongs to a distinctly contemporary sensibility: the chalk marks accumulate rather than describe, building form through density rather than outline.

The crimson ground is warm and saturated, pressing against the cooler tones of the face and creating a chromatic tension that gives the work its emotional charge. Mandiola’s chalk drawings explore a reduced palette with great precision: the limitation of means focuses attention on the relationship between mark, tone, and ground. This work is part of a sustained series of portrait drawings on paper in which the traditional subject of the female profile is revisited through a process of material and chromatic investigation.

The result is an image that is at once a portrait and an abstract composition — the face both present and partially dissolved into its own making. A unique, original work by Chilean artist Luis Mandiola Uribe, ideal for collectors of contemporary drawing and figurative art.

The work is offered as a unique original drawing, framed and ready for display. It stands as a precise and thoughtful example of Mandiola’s capacity to turn a domestic subject into a vehicle for formal and perceptual investigation.