New Works — Ana Kuni
Work in Progress · 2026
New Study

Gold as
nervous system.
Earth as skin.

This work is a recalibration. A return to what the body knows before the mind translates it — rhythm, instinct, the pulse of something alive and in tune with the world.

Each painting begins as a study of the nervous system — not as anatomy, but as feeling. The way information travels through the body before language catches up. The way a gesture, unrepeated, leaves its trace.

Gold drawn like nerve endings, like root systems. Deep sienna grounds built in layers — applied and removed by hand before the final mark is made.

These are studio images — raw, in progress, not yet resolved. That is intentional.

Studio process
Studio overview
Works in progress
Work in progress · Studio, Woodstock, Cape Town — 2026
Untitled I
Untitled IMixed media on canvas · Enquire
Untitled II
Untitled IIMixed media on canvas · Enquire
Untitled III
Untitled IIIMixed media on canvas · Enquire
Untitled IV
Untitled IVMixed media on canvas · Enquire

Original works available — enquire here.


Large Canvas · New Direction

The warmth
of being
together.

A departure — in scale, in subject, in feeling. A large canvas that came from following intuition past the point of comfort, into something less defined and more true.

Where the other works trace the internal — the nervous system, the individual body — this one turns outward. Figures gathered. The amber warmth of proximity. The way people hold space for one another without speaking.

Community as its own frequency. Painted not from observation but from memory of it — the feeling of belonging somewhere without needing to explain why.

Community canvas — figures
Untitled — Community StudyLarge format · Mixed media on canvas · Work in progress
Large canvas on studio wall
Studio view — ground layerApprox. 200 × 160 cm · Enquire for details

This work is available — write to the studio.



Wearable Works

Everything
is a canvas.

The same marks that appear on canvas appear here — on cloth, on the body, in motion. Extending the work beyond the wall was not a concept. It happened in the studio one afternoon and felt right, so it continued.

Each piece is hand-painted as a singular work. The vocabulary is the same: gold forms, dark ground, the gesture that cannot be repeated. What changes is the surface — and the way the work moves when worn.

Painting on garment
Hand-painted silk dressStudio, 2026 · One-of-a-kind work
Canvas and cloth
Canvas & clothThe same mark, a different surface
Wedding dress collaboration
Wedding dress collaborationGold & botanical · Hand-painted · 2026
Wedding dress studio
Studio, WoodstockOne-of-a-kind wearable work

The skin of the painting becomes the skin of the dress. There is no separation between the work and the body that carries it.

Collaborations and commissions considered individually.

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