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HUND, 2026

Pastel on paper

Hund—German for “dog”—is a series of pastel drawings exploring observation, gesture, repetition, and the physical pleasure of drawing.

The works move between representation and improvisation. Bodies are recognizable but not resolved into conventional realism; proportions shift, contours overlap, and pastel is rubbed, dragged, layered and scratched across the paper. Repeated horizontal marks create a textured field through which each animal emerges.

The process was deliberately direct and intuitive. Looking closely at posture, weight, movement, fur and anatomy provided an anchor, while the material itself was allowed to redirect the image. Making the series became unexpectedly therapeutic and soothing—a sustained period of attention in which observation and mark-making took precedence over correction.

Hund connects to my ongoing Wholly Drawing research into perceptual attention, embodied mark-making and artistic agency. The drawings consider fidelity not simply as visual accuracy, but as attentiveness to the experience of looking and responding.

MartinPeeves

Hund, 2026(3/3)

Pastel studies of dogs made through sustained observation, intuitive mark-making, and the restorative rhythm of drawing.

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During the initial phases of the Wholly Drawing research, 
a study was done on the brain to identify distinct regions 
that are activated during engagement in observational drawing. 
The primary focus of this investigation was to determine the 
origins of visual impressions and their corresponding neural 
mappings in the brain. Additionally, the study aimed to identify 
the mechanisms responsible for generating involuntary 
motor actions by the body in response to (an observed) stimuli.
MartinPeeves, WhollyDrawing

Parts of the brain and it’s functions

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