EWA HAUTON'S CREATIVE PROCESS
The body, especially the female body, is at the heart of Ewa Hauton's work. The large formats give her the freedom to combine painting and drawing. She works mainly with Ivory Black and Titanium White, which allow her to play with light and shadow to create movement.
Using ink, charcoal, oil paint and an eraser, Ewa gets rid of superfluous shapes and materials. She works in several stages, starting with charcoal, followed by oil washes, then erasing to find the light in the charcoal drawings. She redid her charcoal work and then moved on to oil. She paints with a calligraphy brush to keep her strokes and movements supple. Each splash is the result of a desired gesture and movement, carefully kept intact on the canvas.