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Elen Arakelyan
Armenia
Artist highlights
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Engraving on Paper
- Framing : Framing on request
- Dimensions : 13.8x9.8in
- Edition : All editions sold (3 / 3)
- Artist's proof : 3
- Hors commerce : 1
About this artwork
This work is a part of a deeply personal series created using a mix of printmaking techniques — primarily drypoint, glue, and touches of carborundum. I was drawn to this combination because each method adds a different kind of texture and voice, allowing emotion to surface not only through form but through the very material of the work.
The series is about feelings — raw, layered, and sometimes contradictory. You can see it in the grainy, broken… lines etched into the surface — they reflect the struggles and rough textures of life. These are the parts we trip over, the emotional frictions that shape us. Alongside them run straighter, calmer lines — moments of clarity, acceptance, or fragile hope. The contrast between the soft areas and the coarse ones mirrors the constant tension between vulnerability and resilience.
Rather than illustrating a specific narrative, I wanted this piece to be a space where emotions could breathe — for me during the process of making.
The series is about feelings — raw, layered, and sometimes contradictory. You can see it in the grainy, broken… lines etched into the surface — they reflect the struggles and rough textures of life. These are the parts we trip over, the emotional frictions that shape us. Alongside them run straighter, calmer lines — moments of clarity, acceptance, or fragile hope. The contrast between the soft areas and the coarse ones mirrors the constant tension between vulnerability and resilience.
Rather than illustrating a specific narrative, I wanted this piece to be a space where emotions could breathe — for me during the process of making.
Elen Arakelyan
Armenia
Credentials
- Works on commission
Elen Arakelyan, a passionate painter, printmaker, and digital artist graduated from the State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia, masterfully unites traditional techniques like linocut, etching, and book illustration with playful experiments in mixed media—blending sand, acrylics, and oils on canvas. Her abstract prints and illustrations embrace the tactile richness of monotype, etching, and carborundum, pushing boundaries to evoke spontaneity and depth. Through her intimate exploration of memory and fleeting moments, her artwork resonates with a quiet honesty, stirring nostalgia and introspection in those who experience it.
