Charcoal · Surrealism · Independent
Charcoal works exploring erosion, memory and the fragile remains of human presence
Untitled — The Gallery
Persistent Fade — 1 / 1
Each work exists as a single unique token — one physical painting, one owner. Minted on Base via Transient.
The Feeling
1 / 1A human presence suspended between memory and erosion. Built through layers of charcoal and ink, the work explores emotional residue, inner collapse, and the fragile tension between disappearance and remaining. Forms dissolve into darkness and stains like the fading trace of a presence — as though something is breathing between appearing and vanishing. Charcoal and ink on cardboard.
Veiled Echo
1 / 1In the depths of silence where light merges with shadow — a dark and atmospheric portrait of a face in suspension. Focus on deep shading and the heavy texture of skin and hair. Physical painting with charcoal and ink.
Forbearance
1 / 1There was no flailing. I grasped a heart in the throes of crumbling. How peculiar it is that in the midst of disintegration we cling to what is also disintegrating… Physical painting with charcoal and ink.
In My Own Ruin
1 / 1In my own ruin I have quietly folded into myself. Hands search through me, yet they are not separate from me. It is I who gets lost within my own layers. And what remains is a body that simply continues… Physical painting.
A Remnant of Time
1 / 1It no longer has a face, only a clock resting upon its worn body, beating in silence. Time, little by little, has settled into its shoulders, and within the stillness of its sitting has grown old. A figure bent beneath the weight of time. And what sits before us is nothing less than a remnant of time.
Coexistence
1 / 1Bodies entwined, cascading over one another, yet patiently striving to hold each other fast. In this coexistence they have realized that sometimes meaning is found not in escape but in this very endurance — in staying together. Charcoal and pencil painting.
Embrace
1 / 1In the depths of profound darkness, a blurred and fragile face dissolves amid raining graphite lines. Half-open hands reach out as though seeking an invisible embrace. Layers of gray and black are deliberately broken with an eraser, crying out the silent weeping and breathtaking loneliness. An artwork created entirely with pencil and eraser — full of silence and longing…
Carbon Memory — Editions
Open editions — works made to exist in multiple hands. Each edition carries the same mark, the same residue of making.
Residual Presence
EditionIn Residual Presence the boundaries between the body and its environment dissolve. Created with layers of charcoal, conté pencil and ink, this figure is caught in a state of permanent erosion against a stark bricked backdrop — a raw, indelible remnant of an existence that refuses to completely vanish.
Teia — Tezos
Works minted on Tezos, on the artist-run platform Teia — a low-energy, community-owned space for digital and physical-to-digital art.
Metamorphosis
TeiaA visual descent into the fluid boundaries of identity and psychological friction. Through intense, sweeping strokes of charcoal and ink on cardboard, this piece portrays a strange and transformative reality where the human form dissolves and internal chaos takes shape. Created with charcoal, pencil and ink on drawing paper.
The Weight
TeiaA raw exploration of existence, erosion, and the silent heaviness of being. This piece captures the profound gravity of human emotion through dense, textured layers of charcoal and ink on cardboard.
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Works minted on Solana, on Bluescreen — a launch-artist platform bridging physical charcoal painting with on-chain presence.
April in Silence
BluescreenThis piece is a striking embodiment of suspension — caught between fear and hope, on the edge between being and non-being. A figure, curled inward, is held captive in a dark, tangled weave of charcoal and ink, while expressive hands with taut, sweeping lines wrap tightly around it. Hands that are both a fragile refuge and an eternal plea for salvation amid the ruin. The deep black of charcoal contrasts against the white ground the figure comes to life on — a faithful record of the seconds in which the whole world fell quiet, and love was the only sound left in the dark.
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I am Artnegar. I work with charcoal, ink, pencil and eraser materials that hold memory and lose it at the same time. My figures are rarely whole: faces dissolve into stains, bodies fold into their own ruin, hands reach for an embrace that may not exist. Each work lives in the fragile space between presence and disappearance.
These are physical paintings built in layers, broken with erasers, marked by time. What remains on the paper is what survived
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