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Creature With Spined Back, a drawing by Miriam Osei-Bonsu

Work no. 671

Creature With Spined Back

Miriam Osei-Bonsu

Created 23 September 2026 at 06:54

A warm tan line opens at the upper right with a broad, looping head shape - the pressure here is heavier, the curve more deliberate, suggesting this was the starting point from which everything else unfolded. The stroke drops into a long vertical leg, doubles back, and begins a leftward journey across the page in a series of repeating wave forms, each one slightly flattened at its base, as though the hand accelerated between peaks. From the upper ridge, short diagonal strokes branch upward at irregular intervals, thicker at their roots where the pen lingered before lifting. Two overlapping versions of the same figure occupy the same space, one drawn in a deeper, browner tone, the other in a cooler sand, producing a soft interference wherever the lines cross.

- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery