Where Monochrome Becomes Mastery
Andrey Poletaev is an internationally published fine artist and one of the leading voices of ballpoint pen art as a modern fine art direction. Working entirely by hand, he creates monochrome works of extraordinary complexity, some built from up to twenty layers of ink over hundreds of hours. His originals have been exhibited at the Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago, published by Gingko Press, and acquired by private collectors across the United States and Europe.
Audrey Hepburn — Holly Golightly | Ballpoint pen and mixed techniques | Whatman paper | 2017 | Available — Every eyelash, every expression line — Hollywood's most beloved icon rendered in extraordinary detail.
Dance in Red II | Ballpoint pen | Whatman paper | 2017 | Available — Back cover of Above Art Magazine Issue No. 1. Exhibited at the Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago, 2018.
Moment in Prague — Tram 22 | Ballpoint pen | Whatman paper | 2014 | Available — Exhibited at the Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago, 2018. One of the finest European cityscapes rendered in ballpoint pen.
Flight of Whimsy | Mixed media | Whatman paper | 2018 | Available — Pure imaginative freedom rendered with obsessive precision — the Art Mechanica series at its most ambitious.