Ryan Pola 'The Giving and Receiving of Energy' first nations artist

Ryan Pola 'The Giving and Receiving of Energy' first nations artistRyan Pola is a Melbourne based artist and secondary school educator. He works predominantly in detailed graphite illustrations, exploring themes that blend identity, nature, and mythological symbols. Polas broader body of work often portrays figures entwined with organic elementsflora enveloping bodies, eyes and natures creaturessuggesting a poetic energetic interplay between the human and natural forms. Produced in acutely refined graphite pencil,

discreetly weaves into the subtext

It is printed on Cezanne 430gsm 100% Archival Cotton Canvas

image itself in pristine condition

and the impenetrable blackness of the backgrounds demonstrate Peebles’s reputation as the internationally-renowned master of mezzotint

as well as the history of photography

Mora’s characters spilt out of her

‘The Habitat of the Dodo’ is a museum-quality work

In ‘Warlu manu Jirrama wati’

titled and numbered in pencil bottom image

Image Size: 37 x 49 cm

the curve of a bushy headland and distant town

'The Blue Bay VIII' 1987