Karen Leiser

Ink Communications

bold graphics, clear message
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Black ink. White paper.
Everything that matters happens in the tension between them.

— the practice of Karen Leiser
Room II

On Paper

Brush pen resting on textured white paper
Brush, rested
study in restraint
Pen drawing in progress with a row of fineliners
Field of fineliners
work in progress
Black fern silhouettes on white
Fronds in silhouette
positive / negative
Calligraphy pen on a handwritten letter
The written line
script & nib
Room III

Contrast Studies

Ink bottle on the seam of black and white
Ink, bottled
on the seam
Two pens mirrored on a reflective white surface
Twin points
reflection
Fountain pen nib poised over white paper
Point, poised
before the first mark
The artist

Karen Leiser

Karen works where the contrast is sharpest — black ink on white paper, white light on black film. Her practice is graphic, deliberate and unapologetically monochrome.

Every piece begins the same way: a loaded pen, a blank field, and the nerve to make the first mark.

The studio

ink communications

ink communications is Karen's studio for bold graphics with a clear message — commissions, collaborations and original work.

If you have a wall, a page, a brand or an idea that needs the weight of ink, she would like to hear about it.

Work with me

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