Hallway gallery-Hannah hubbard

 Hannah is a self-taught, multi-disciplinary artist whose work is rooted in careful observation and intuitive mark-making. Working primarily in pen and ink most recently, she explores contrast, texture, and detail to create pieces that feel both deliberate and expressive. Her drawings often balance precision with spontaneity, allowing small gestures and layered lines to build quiet complexity.

Without formal training, Hannah’s practice has developed through experimentation and sustained curiosity across multiple mediums since she was a child. This freedom has shaped a distinctive visual language that values process as much as outcome. Pen and ink, with its permanence and immediacy, is the main focus of her current work, encouraging focus, patience, and intentionality in every mark.

This exhibition highlights Hannah’s pen and ink pieces, showcasing her evolving relationship with line, negative space, and visual rhythm.

Artist Statement:

My work is driven by an interest in line as both structure and expression. Using pen and ink, I focus on the accumulation of marks—how repetition, variation, and restraint can create depth, movement, and quiet intensity. The permanence of ink requires commitment; each line is intentional, and mistakes become part of the final image rather than something to erase.

These pieces were created during a season of grief and growth, a time when making became both a grounding practice and a way to move forward. The slow, deliberate nature of pen and ink allowed space for reflection, patience, and acceptance. Working through repetition and detail became a way to process change, allowing emotion to surface subtly through rhythm, density, and pause rather than overt narrative.

As a self-taught, multi-disciplinary artist, my process is shaped by experimentation and intuition rather than formal rules. I allow time, observation, and curiosity to guide the work, often responding to the piece as it develops rather than following a predetermined outcome. This approach keeps the work honest and rooted in process.

Through my drawings, I aim to create moments of stillness that invite close looking. The work asks viewers to slow down, notice detail, and engage with the subtle rhythms formed by line, texture, and negative space—leaving room for their own reflection within the quiet of the image.