About

I make small, quiet paintings about the way light feels in the morning.

Iana Kochu in her studio

I'm Iana. I work from a small studio in Glyfada, just outside Athens, mostly in watercolor and oil. I started painting as a way to slow down a too-busy job; it became the practice that organises everything else.

The work is quiet on purpose. Mostly diluted colour, mostly empty paper, mostly things I see out the kitchen window before the day gets hard. I don't make prints. Each piece is one of one.

I price openly. I ship carefully. I write back to every email.

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The practice

How a piece comes together.

01
Sit, look

Coffee, an empty page, the same window every morning.

02
First marks

Charcoal or diluted ink. Always something I can paint over.

03
Layer slowly

Watercolor or oil. Wait. Add. Wait again.

04
Sign & seal

Reverse-side date, archival sleeve, a handwritten note.