Rooting (2026) Original Watercolour by Anna Belousova

This work is inspired by plant life and processes of growth. I am interested in the vital force contained within it, and I search for its manifestation in the movements and states of my own body.

This small-scale watercolor is based on my own body and on the act of posing for myself. Rather than presenting a stable form, the work traces a transitional condition. The body appears fluid and unstable, oscillating between structure and dissolution, between containment and expansion.

Painted in natural pigment (beatroot juce), the image evokes both flesh and a kind of inner pressure, as if something were pushing through the body from within. The boundaries remain soft and porous, allowing the figure to merge with the surrounding space.

This work does not depict the body as identity, but as a site of transformation — a process of becoming, where human and non-human forces begin to overlap.

It is signed and comes with a Certificate Of Authenticity.

All paintings are packed very carefully in cardboard boxes with generous layers to protect them.

Materials used:

beatroot juce, bamboo paper

Details:

• Watercolour on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 26 x 20 x 0.1cm (unframed) / 26 x 20cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the back
• Style: Photorealistic
• Subject: People and portraits