Paintings — Jade Jwa

Jade Jwa

Paintings

Threshold, oil on wood panel, 20’’ by 16’’, 2026

A small distance can feel large. This piece is about that space.
Held Attention, oil on canvas, 16'' by 20'', 2026

This painting captures a figure suspended in a quiet psychological tension, where the act of looking feels both deliberate and restrained, resisting narrative and holding the viewer in unresolved stillness.
Held Body, oil on canvas, 26'' by 26'', 2026

The figure is neither active nor passive, but sustained—by the bed, by weight, by the moment itself

Absorbed, oil on canvas, 20'' by 16'', 2024

Sisterhood, oil on linen, 33’’ by 22’’, 2025

Sisterhood represents two figures seated side by side, held in close physical proximity yet psychologically distinct.

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.

Directed Attention, oil on linen, 30’’ by 45’’, 2026

This painting considers how attention is structured through gesture and spatial relation rather than narrative or expression.

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