“I draw so that I can remember.”
Zara Tisma graduated in Fine Art from Falmouth University in 2013. Specialising in drawing, her works explores a dialogue between natural and man-made objects and environments. Her work captures the energy of the modern world but highlights the need for moments of stillness through carefully considered blank spaces. Each of her drawings bear a narrative that relates to both the conscious and subconscious, illustrating what is seen and what is felt in a compressed area of time and space.
Tisma’s work seeks to find harmony in balanced compositions through considered lines juxtaposed with expressive patterns and mark making. Taking inspiration from contemporary artists such as Jonas Wood and modern abstract artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Joan Miro, her emotionally balancing illustrations are built up through layers of subtle colour and mark making using pencil, ink, pen and paint.