Traces of a Scene

This painting from the “Echoes of Memory series, called Traces of a Scene

Acrylic on Canvas 

2024

100x100cm

The painting functions as a “visual residue.” The dominant turquoise and cerulean blues at the top are no longer just a sky; they are the “traces” of an atmosphere that once was clear. Below, the dense, earth-toned masses of burnt umber and charcoal feel like the skeletal remains of a structure—perhaps a cliffside, a forest, or a city—that has been weathered by time or memory until only its essence remains.

Statement:

“In Traces of a Scene, the canvas becomes a record of disappearance. By layering thick, terrestrial pigments against fleeting, ethereal blues, I aim to capture the ‘after-image’ of a place. The work is not about the view itself, but about the marks left behind when the view is gone—the stains of color and the scars of texture that represent the persistence of a location in the mind’s eye.”