FIGURATION

Portraits, self-portraits, figures – the works shown here extend the central concern of the practice into the human realm. Faces are drawn in pencil and colored pencil, often paired with an animal, a plant, an architectural fragment. These pairings are not allegorical. They place the figure within the same field of relations that shapes the other drawings: a sense that the human body is never separate from what surrounds it.
The line stays quiet. What interests the work is presence and identity.

Self-portrait with hummingbird, figuration, colored pencil 2025, Sara Heinrich
„Self-portrait with hummingbird“ colored pencil 2025 © Sara Heinrich
Hannah Arendt Portrait, figuration, charcoal pencil, Sara Heinrich
„Hannah Arendt Portrait“ charcoal pencil 2026 © Sara Heinrich
Quinn, figuration, pencil 2023, Sara Heinrich
„Quinn“ pencil 2023 © Sara Heinrich
Elderly, figuration, red chalk 2025, Sara Heinrich
„Elderly“ red chalk 2025 © Sara Heinrich
Dragonfly Valentine, figuration, colored pencil 2025, Sara Heinrich
„Dragonfly Valentine“ colored pencil 2025 © Sara Heinrich
"Listen, figuration, pencil 2025, Sara Heinrich
„Listen“ pencil 2025 © Sara Heinrich
Odins daughter Self-portrait, in progress, figuration, gouache 2023, Sara Heinrich
„Odins daughter Self-portrait in progress“ gouache 2023 © Sara Heinrich
Self-portrait after Georges de La Tour, figuration, egg tempera 2006, Sara Heinrich
„Self-portrait after Georges de La Tour“ egg tempera 2006 © Sara Heinrich
Irmgard, figuration, colored pencil, pigment 2025, Sara Heinrich
„Irmgard“ colored pencil, pigment 2025 © Sara Heinrich
Wassily Kandinsky, figuration, linoprint 2007, Sara Heinrich
„Wassily Kandinsky“ linoprint 2007 © Sara Heinrich
Georgia O´Keeffe 1, figuration, pen ink 2005, Sara Heinrich
„Georgia O’Keeffe 1“ pen ink 2005 © Sara Heinrich
Georgia O'Keeffe 2, figuration, pen ink 2005, Sara Heinrich
„Georgia O’Keeffe 2“ pen ink 2005 © Sara Heinrich
Moin, figuration, pen charcoal 2022, Sara Heinrich
„Moin“ pen charcoal 2022 © Sara Heinrich
Alexandra, figuration, pencil 2022, Sara Heinrich
„Alexandra“ pencil 2022 © Sara Heinrich
Tara Bodhisattva, figuration, mixed media 2022, Sara Heinrich
„Tara Bodhisattva“ mixed media 2022 © Sara Heinrich
Archangel Michael, figuration, pen ink gouache 2022, Sara Heinrich
„Archangel Michael“ pen ink gouache 2022 © Sara Heinrich