Collection: Intimate Impressions
Drawing A Moment In Time
Intimate Impressions is a series of drawings created entirely in a single, uninterrupted sitting.
Drawn with pencil or ink, these works embrace capturing a moment in time that can never be repeated.
Drawing In Presence
I began this collection as a way to dive deeper into my practice. Distractions are always pulling the mind in different directions, and I needed a way to quiet them. I needed a clear state where I stop questioning and just create.
It feels like meditation, that zen moment where everything falls away and it’s just you, the line, and the present. That is where these drawings began, and it’s what they continue to hold: the simplicity of presence and the purity of being in the moment.
Drawing As Energy
These drawings are not about chasing a perfect composition, they are about capturing energy.
When I sit down to draw, I always put on music. The vibe I’m in really guides me. Sometimes it’s a fast, high-energy track, other times it’s something slower and more contemplative. The music shapes how the line starts to move across the paper.
Drawing The Flux
This collection reflects a part of me I keep practicing through drawing: the ability to embrace the unknown and move with the flow of life.
Each piece is a reminder to release control and trust where the line wants to go is the right place.
Featured Drawings
Testimonials From Collectors
"Jalena Hay's work is a reminder about what's best about living."
"Jalena's drawings feel like they dance... they are happy!"
"It's like a map of a place I havn't been to... they are beautiful."
"the art is like a feeling... and helps you understand your own feelings"
About Jalena
Jalena Hay's process is immediate, embodied, and unrepeatable: each piece emerges from a single moment of presence, a real-time response to memory, sensation, and inner atmosphere.
Her work lives in the in-between: between abstraction and representation, between what is seen and what is deeply felt. Every mark is a pulse of presence; nothing is pre-planned. The result is a body of work that invites contemplation, not just consumption.
Color and line are not used merely for form, but as a felt language, a way of resonating with the nervous system. Rather than explain, her compositions resonate, vibrating with quiet energy and inviting repeated, deeper encounters.