And the Land Watched Us
110 × 90 × 4 cm (43 × 35.5 inches)
Acrylic on canvas.
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Part of the “And” series of paintings.
This painting unfolds around the motif of the road, which here works both as a literal image and as a metaphor for the broader journeys of life. The road bends into an abstract, luminous landscape, suggesting movement, direction, and uncertainty. Like Richard Long’s walks, where the act of moving through space became a form of art, this piece transforms the journey itself into the subject. It resists linear storytelling, instead layering fragments—land, body, and memory—into a composition that is raw, painterly, and at times almost dissolving into abstraction. This unfinished quality mirrors the openness of the journey itself: always in flux, never complete.
At the heart of the painting is the motif of touch. The hands hover in a moment of almost-contact, holding the charge of intimacy, memory, and desire. This could be a remembered touch, one that shaped us, or the longing for a touch that remains just out of reach. The philosopher Emmanuel Levinas spoke of the encounter with the other as the foundation of meaning, where our relation to another person grounds our very sense of self. In this work, touch is not only physical—it becomes an allegory for recognition, for finding connection along the uncertain paths of existence.
The face of the girl adds a haunting presence to the composition, as if she is both here and elsewhere—on the cusp of leaving, or just beginning a journey of her own. She embodies the sense of absence and becoming that threads through the work, a reminder that journeys are never only about places, but about presences that stay with us or slip away. Her outline is softened by the raw, almost abstract technique, which allows her image to hover between memory and vision. This merging of figuration and abstraction reflects the way we carry people with us, even as they change, vanish, or transform along the roads we take.
110 × 90 × 4 cm (43 × 35.5 inches)
Acrylic on canvas.
Free shipping anywhere in the world.
Part of the “And” series of paintings.
This painting unfolds around the motif of the road, which here works both as a literal image and as a metaphor for the broader journeys of life. The road bends into an abstract, luminous landscape, suggesting movement, direction, and uncertainty. Like Richard Long’s walks, where the act of moving through space became a form of art, this piece transforms the journey itself into the subject. It resists linear storytelling, instead layering fragments—land, body, and memory—into a composition that is raw, painterly, and at times almost dissolving into abstraction. This unfinished quality mirrors the openness of the journey itself: always in flux, never complete.
At the heart of the painting is the motif of touch. The hands hover in a moment of almost-contact, holding the charge of intimacy, memory, and desire. This could be a remembered touch, one that shaped us, or the longing for a touch that remains just out of reach. The philosopher Emmanuel Levinas spoke of the encounter with the other as the foundation of meaning, where our relation to another person grounds our very sense of self. In this work, touch is not only physical—it becomes an allegory for recognition, for finding connection along the uncertain paths of existence.
The face of the girl adds a haunting presence to the composition, as if she is both here and elsewhere—on the cusp of leaving, or just beginning a journey of her own. She embodies the sense of absence and becoming that threads through the work, a reminder that journeys are never only about places, but about presences that stay with us or slip away. Her outline is softened by the raw, almost abstract technique, which allows her image to hover between memory and vision. This merging of figuration and abstraction reflects the way we carry people with us, even as they change, vanish, or transform along the roads we take.
110 × 90 × 4 cm (43 × 35.5 inches)
Acrylic on canvas.
Free shipping anywhere in the world.
Part of the “And” series of paintings.
This painting unfolds around the motif of the road, which here works both as a literal image and as a metaphor for the broader journeys of life. The road bends into an abstract, luminous landscape, suggesting movement, direction, and uncertainty. Like Richard Long’s walks, where the act of moving through space became a form of art, this piece transforms the journey itself into the subject. It resists linear storytelling, instead layering fragments—land, body, and memory—into a composition that is raw, painterly, and at times almost dissolving into abstraction. This unfinished quality mirrors the openness of the journey itself: always in flux, never complete.
At the heart of the painting is the motif of touch. The hands hover in a moment of almost-contact, holding the charge of intimacy, memory, and desire. This could be a remembered touch, one that shaped us, or the longing for a touch that remains just out of reach. The philosopher Emmanuel Levinas spoke of the encounter with the other as the foundation of meaning, where our relation to another person grounds our very sense of self. In this work, touch is not only physical—it becomes an allegory for recognition, for finding connection along the uncertain paths of existence.
The face of the girl adds a haunting presence to the composition, as if she is both here and elsewhere—on the cusp of leaving, or just beginning a journey of her own. She embodies the sense of absence and becoming that threads through the work, a reminder that journeys are never only about places, but about presences that stay with us or slip away. Her outline is softened by the raw, almost abstract technique, which allows her image to hover between memory and vision. This merging of figuration and abstraction reflects the way we carry people with us, even as they change, vanish, or transform along the roads we take.