Welcome to the viewing room featuring the captivating drawings of Charlie Stein. Her drawing practice serves as both a foundation and a counterpart to her painting, shifting between careful studies and spontaneous bursts of creativity. Using colored pencils and watercolor, Stein creates delicate textures that contrast with her intense, often surreal imagery.

Charlie Stein’s drawing practice operates as both a precursor and a parallel to her painting work, oscillating between deliberate studies and instinctive bursts of creative energy. Her choice of materials—primarily colored pencils ("Holzstifte") and watercolor—imbues her subjects with a delicate, almost fragile texture that contrasts with the intensity of her imagery. Often depicting figures with exaggerated or surreal features, Stein’s drawings occupy a dreamlike space where reality feels suspended, and the familiar becomes eerie. Her drawings, frequently in A4 format, are framed with precision and thoughtfulness, with the frames often in pastel tones that both complement and contrast with the work itself. The color of the frames serves to elevate the drawings into objects of contemplation, framing not just the literal content but also the emotional or conceptual depth they contain. The subject matter ranges from distorted human forms, as seen in the large-eyed, doll-like faces, to more abstract interpretations of the body and its connection to technology or artifice. Through these small-scale works, Stein constructs a universe that feels at once intimate and uncanny. In this way, Stein’s drawings are both preliminary and complete—sometimes acting as direct studies for larger works, other times existing as self-contained moments of expression, capturing fleeting thoughts in a medium that is as ephemeral as it is permanent.