Echoing Stillness

30x40” acrylic / oil on canvas

Echoing Stillness is an emotive piece that resonates with you, the viewer, from within the bounds of an abstract expressionistic form, though cloaked in traces of subtle portraiture. At its core, this painting explores the internal landscapes, those quiet, untravelled corners of the human psyche where emotions reside and resonate, even in the absence of outward tumult. It is of a rich and complex palette, with bursts of radiant color emerging and backing into muted tones, much like an ebb and flow of personal reflection and emotional tides. In the upper part of the canvas, a pensive face defines it, described through its blurry and ethereal features that waver between presence and absence, visibility and anonymity. His face is an entry point to the soul, inviting viewers to a quest for introspection. Directly below this ghostly visage, the canvas descends into a chaotic tessellation of forms and colors that convey the fragmented nature of our thoughts and undercurrents within our subconscious. Here, “Stillness” becomes paradoxical, pointing to silent, often unnoticed, stirrings in the mind and heart. Beyond the visible, “Echoing Stillness” is the conversation between the artist and one’s senses, a soundless symphony of introspection and feeling. It begs one to stop, think, and maybe even see a part of them in the paint, like a mirror, but into somebody’s soul. The artist, through this piece of work, questions all norms of self-perception and emotional expression, leading to an independent space for personal and collective contemplation.