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Minty RamseyDynamic Nude Female Figure Sketch in Pencil on Paper2025
2025
$336.54
£245
€287
CA$462.36
A$502.67
CHF 266.52
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About the Item
Title: Dynamic Nude Female Figure Sketch in Pencil on Paper
By Minty Ramsey
Signed bottom right
Size: 8.5 x 11.75 inches (height x width)
Medium: Pencil drawing on paper, unframed
Condition: Good overall condition with light handling marks and faint edge wear consistent with studio sketches.
Description:
This expressive pencil drawing by British contemporary artist Minty Ramsey captures a nude female figure in a dynamic, stretching pose, seated on a raised block or platform. Ramsey’s instinctive line work and energetic mark-making bring immediacy and movement to the composition, emphasising the tension through the torso, the angled leg, and the arching arm lifted behind the head. It is a pose that reveals both anatomical structure and expressive fluidity, making it especially appealing to collectors of contemporary figurative studies.
Working in pencil on textured artist paper, Ramsey employs a mixture of sharp, directional marks and softer shading to build the form. The figure’s gesture conveys a sense of athleticism and bodily awareness, while the loose, gestural strokes around the platform and negative space create a sense of environment without over-defining it. This direct, raw approach is characteristic of life-drawing sessions, where the artist must translate posture, balance, and the subtleties of weight distribution with speed and accuracy.
Throughout art history—from classical atelier studies to the expressive movements of the 20th century—the female nude has been a foundational subject, and this piece connects to that tradition while retaining a distinctly contemporary voice. Ramsey’s work often reflects an interest in capturing the fleeting moments of a pose: the stretch, the twist, the pause before movement resumes.
Ideal for collectors of female nude drawings, life-drawing sketches, gesture studies, and contemporary British figurative art, this work offers an intimate and energetic exploration of the human form. Unframed and ready for a tailored mount or frame, it would complement both modern interiors and curated walls of figurative work.
- Creator:Minty Ramsey (British)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)Width: 11.75 in (29.85 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Cirencester, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU509317257242
Minty Ramsey
Up and coming British contemporary artist Minty Ramsey lives in Cornwall. She draws her influence from the natural light and movement that Cornwall has inspired in so many leading painters.
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