Above: Surprise, Surprise No. 8 carries a monumental presence, where deep burgundy reds, forest greens, and dark blues create a landscape of extraordinary density and stability. The layered colors suggest a distant mountainside, a massive geological formation, or a surface shaped slowly through time.
The composition recalls the visual language of precious stones: the deep red of ruby, the green of emerald, the blue of sapphire, and the shifting facets of cut crystal. The work feels both natural and constructed, like a mountain seen from far away or a vast mineral surface whose complexity only becomes visible through careful observation.
Small variations within the larger fields suggest signs of life within this immense environment: distant structures, smoke rising from hidden cabins, vegetation growing across a slope, or traces of movement too subtle to immediately identify. The image balances permanence and mystery, creating the sensation of looking at something ancient from a great distance.
Below: The reverse surface reveals a more ephemeral and atmospheric world. Fluorescent pink, orange, and red-orange passages emerge through softer layers, creating a vaporous counterpart to the solid structure of the Above view. The hidden fluorescent pink, covered with white before the sheet was reopened, creates a gentle internal glow that changes the character of the surrounding colors.
Where the Above surface feels like stone, the Below feels like light passing through stone. It suggests sunset through mineral layers, heat rising from a landscape, or an atmosphere suspended around a solid form. The two sides become a conversation between permanence and transformation.
Reflection: Surprise, Surprise No. 8 explores how a surface can hold contradictory qualities at once: weight and lightness, permanence and disappearance, structure and atmosphere. The process of layering, folding, transferring, and reopening allows colors to behave like materials rather than simply painted surfaces.
The work also reflects a fascination with natural objects that invite contemplation—crystals, geological formations, and landscapes whose meaning changes as they are viewed from different distances and perspectives. Like a dream or a memory, the image feels recognizable without belonging to a single place.
The tension between the two sides is central to the work. One side appears almost immovable, while the other seems to dissolve. Together they create a space between the physical world and the imagined one, where geology, light, and perception become inseparable.
Above: Surprise, Surprise No. 8 carries a monumental presence, where deep burgundy reds, forest greens, and dark blues create a landscape of extraordinary density and stability. The layered colors suggest a distant mountainside, a massive geological formation, or a surface shaped slowly through time.
The composition recalls the visual language of precious stones: the deep red of ruby, the green of emerald, the blue of sapphire, and the shifting facets of cut crystal. The work feels both natural and constructed, like a mountain seen from far away or a vast mineral surface whose complexity only becomes visible through careful observation.
Small variations within the larger fields suggest signs of life within this immense environment: distant structures, smoke rising from hidden cabins, vegetation growing across a slope, or traces of movement too subtle to immediately identify. The image balances permanence and mystery, creating the sensation of looking at something ancient from a great distance.
Below: The reverse surface reveals a more ephemeral and atmospheric world. Fluorescent pink, orange, and red-orange passages emerge through softer layers, creating a vaporous counterpart to the solid structure of the Above view. The hidden fluorescent pink, covered with white before the sheet was reopened, creates a gentle internal glow that changes the character of the surrounding colors.
Where the Above surface feels like stone, the Below feels like light passing through stone. It suggests sunset through mineral layers, heat rising from a landscape, or an atmosphere suspended around a solid form. The two sides become a conversation between permanence and transformation.
Reflection: Surprise, Surprise No. 8 explores how a surface can hold contradictory qualities at once: weight and lightness, permanence and disappearance, structure and atmosphere. The process of layering, folding, transferring, and reopening allows colors to behave like materials rather than simply painted surfaces.
The work also reflects a fascination with natural objects that invite contemplation—crystals, geological formations, and landscapes whose meaning changes as they are viewed from different distances and perspectives. Like a dream or a memory, the image feels recognizable without belonging to a single place.
The tension between the two sides is central to the work. One side appears almost immovable, while the other seems to dissolve. Together they create a space between the physical world and the imagined one, where geology, light, and perception become inseparable.