Duality in Detail
Positioned between realism and abstraction, this body of work investigates perception through extreme proximity. By isolating texture, color, and surface detail, familiar subjects dissolve into ambiguous visual fields, transforming recognizable forms into almost unidentifiable compositions. The collection challenges conventional modes of recognition, asking whether an object can still be understood when stripped of its silhouette and reduced to its sensory fragments.
Biomorphic Immersion
Crocus
Pastel on Pastelmat
12x15.5"
Narcissus
Pastel on Pastelmat
12x15.5"
Asclepias
Pastel on Pastelmat
12x24"
Crocus Sativus
Pastel on Pastelmat
16x24"
Crocus Indistincta
Pastel on Pastelmat
28x40"
Ipomoea alba
Pastel on Pastelmat
15.5x12"
Myosotis in viridi
Pastel on Pastelmat
12x9.5"
Rosa
Pastel on Pastelmat
15.5x12"
Iridaceae
Pastel on Pastelmat
15.5x12"
Narcissus Scapus
Watercolor and colored pencil on paper
16x24"
Muscari
Pastel on Pastelmat
12x15.5"
Extending beyond material observation, the works draw a parallel with the human condition. Humanity shares a common structural foundation, yet individuality emerges through distinct experiences, perspectives, aspirations, and emotional textures. Within this framework, texture becomes a metaphor for lived experience and capability, while color suggests personality, desire, and imagination.
Through references to the animal, vegetal, and mineral realms, the collection reflects on the dualities that define existence: the general and the specific, the familiar and the distinct, the simplified and the detailed. The resulting works inhabit a space where observation becomes both analytical and deeply contemplative, inviting viewers to reconsider what fundamentally defines identity and recognition.
Myosotis
Colored pencil on paper
15.5x12"
Myosotis in violaceus
Pastel on Pastelmat
12x9.5"