Why this artist uses hands instead of faces to express human emotion ┃Veronika Leslie

Veronika Leslie creates charcoal drawings so quiet they almost feel like whispers. Working only in black and white, the Singapore-based artist uses hands, gestures, fabric, and subtle expressions to explore emotions that words often fail to explain. Rather than painting traditional portraits, Veronika builds atmospheric figurative works that feel deeply personal yet strangely universal—like memories surfacing slowly from darkness into light. Influenced by years of travel, motherhood, and emotion