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A Couple of Couples, Part IV: Helen Rae, Alejandro Caiazza, Laila Bachtiar, Akito Nara & Aïcha Khorchid

Featured above in our ongoing series showcasing couples and duos is a drawing — fashioned in 2020 with colored pencil and graphite on paper — by the late West Coast-based Tierra del Sol self-taught artist Helen Rae. Several more images of couples — captured while visiting a range of spaces from studios to galleries and museums — follow:

Also by self-taught artist Helen Rae, “Untitled,” 2017, Colored pencil and graphite on paper

NYC-based neo expressionist artist Alejandro Caiazza, “Bosom Bodies,” 2024, Mixed media collage

Galerie Gugging Austrian self-taught artist Laila Bachtiar,Mutti mit Cello,” 2016, pencil, colored pencils,

Largely self-taught Japanese artist Akito Nara,Wedding Day“, 2018, Acrylic and oil pastel on canva

French self-taught artist Aïcha Khorchid, “Lucien et Angele,” Mixed media on wood panel

Photos of artworks by Lois Stavsky