A sequence of black and white drawings by artist Ella Webber. Born and raised in Toronto, Webber’s apply examines the unstable terrain of intimacy, utilizing fragmented imagery to discover attachment, nervousness, and notion. By means of layered compositions, abstracted private imagery, and illustrated accounts of recollections, the work strikes between psychological realism and dreamlike abstraction.
“This physique of labor explores the emotional instability and eager for belonging that may outline younger maturity. By means of diary-like compositions that mix textual content and picture, I study the small fears, fantasies, and emotional negotiations concerned to find one’s place on the earth. Recurring themes of tension, attachment, intimacy and displacement intersect with concepts of childhood and residential, the place home areas and private recollections grow to be psychologically charged. Transferring between tenderness and unease, the works operate as fragmented visible narratives that mirror on how we rewrite, protect, and internalize emotional experiences.”
Ella Webber participated in our 2026 Guide Award open name and made our shortlist.
