Jade Jwa
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Directed Attention, oil on linen, 30’’ by 45’’, 2026
Directed Attention considers how attention is structured through gesture and spatial relation rather than narrative or expression.
This painting is based on an early photograph and explores restraint, stillness, and psychological distance through a flattened, frontal figure.
This painting represents two figures seated side by side, held in close physical proximity yet psychologically distinct. Rather than emphasizing relationship or narrative, the painting focuses on posture, repetition, and the subtle tension that emerges when bodies occupy the same space without fully engaging one another.
Diptych, oil on wood panels, 24’’ by 18’’ each panel, 24’’ by 36’’ as a whole, 2025
Diptych consists of two adjacent panels that use repetition and variation to examine how a single figure can be read differently across separate but related spaces.
Seated Figure (Knitting), Oil on Canvas, 20” by 16”, 2024
Seated Figure (Knitting) depicts a figure absorbed in a repetitive action, using stillness and inward focus to examine attention and psychological distance.
Self-Portrait, Oil on wood panel, 10’’ by 8’’, 2025
Self-Portrait presents the figure frontally, using restraint and stillness to examine perception and psychological distance rather than personal narrative.