Threshold
130 × 100 cm (51” x 39”)
Acrylic on canvas.
The painting conjures the charged stillness of Apocalypse Now’s opening scene with the slow turning of the ceiling fan. This circular motion, suspended above an emptiness, becomes a visual metaphor for time caught in limbo—neither advancing nor receding. Warm hues flood the composition, contrasting with the profound emptiness around the figure, evoking a heat that is both physical and psychological. The warmth of the colors seems to pulse like an unspoken tension, amplifying the feeling of being trapped in a moment pregnant with uncertainty.
Drawing on the ideas of critical thinkers such as Victor Turner and Homi Bhabha, the painting inhabits a threshold space—an in-between realm where identity and experience are not fixed but fluid. This liminal zone is imbued with the anxiety and possibility of youth, reflecting the precarious balance between innocence and experience, certainty and doubt. The emptiness that surrounds the figure becomes a space of potential and vulnerability, emphasizing the transitory nature of this moment, where one stands poised on the edge of self-definition.
Within this glowing but ambiguous scene, the figure’s foot—alone touched by the light—becomes a powerful symbol. It is a quiet anchor in the heat and shadow, embodying both presence and tentative movement. The foot gestures toward the world outside this suspended state, highlighting the tension between the desire to move forward and the weight of hesitation. It speaks to the uncertain steps of youth, caught between light and shadow, clarity and obscurity, caught in the delicate space between who one is and who one might become.
130 × 100 cm (51” x 39”)
Acrylic on canvas.
The painting conjures the charged stillness of Apocalypse Now’s opening scene with the slow turning of the ceiling fan. This circular motion, suspended above an emptiness, becomes a visual metaphor for time caught in limbo—neither advancing nor receding. Warm hues flood the composition, contrasting with the profound emptiness around the figure, evoking a heat that is both physical and psychological. The warmth of the colors seems to pulse like an unspoken tension, amplifying the feeling of being trapped in a moment pregnant with uncertainty.
Drawing on the ideas of critical thinkers such as Victor Turner and Homi Bhabha, the painting inhabits a threshold space—an in-between realm where identity and experience are not fixed but fluid. This liminal zone is imbued with the anxiety and possibility of youth, reflecting the precarious balance between innocence and experience, certainty and doubt. The emptiness that surrounds the figure becomes a space of potential and vulnerability, emphasizing the transitory nature of this moment, where one stands poised on the edge of self-definition.
Within this glowing but ambiguous scene, the figure’s foot—alone touched by the light—becomes a powerful symbol. It is a quiet anchor in the heat and shadow, embodying both presence and tentative movement. The foot gestures toward the world outside this suspended state, highlighting the tension between the desire to move forward and the weight of hesitation. It speaks to the uncertain steps of youth, caught between light and shadow, clarity and obscurity, caught in the delicate space between who one is and who one might become.
130 × 100 cm (51” x 39”)
Acrylic on canvas.
The painting conjures the charged stillness of Apocalypse Now’s opening scene with the slow turning of the ceiling fan. This circular motion, suspended above an emptiness, becomes a visual metaphor for time caught in limbo—neither advancing nor receding. Warm hues flood the composition, contrasting with the profound emptiness around the figure, evoking a heat that is both physical and psychological. The warmth of the colors seems to pulse like an unspoken tension, amplifying the feeling of being trapped in a moment pregnant with uncertainty.
Drawing on the ideas of critical thinkers such as Victor Turner and Homi Bhabha, the painting inhabits a threshold space—an in-between realm where identity and experience are not fixed but fluid. This liminal zone is imbued with the anxiety and possibility of youth, reflecting the precarious balance between innocence and experience, certainty and doubt. The emptiness that surrounds the figure becomes a space of potential and vulnerability, emphasizing the transitory nature of this moment, where one stands poised on the edge of self-definition.
Within this glowing but ambiguous scene, the figure’s foot—alone touched by the light—becomes a powerful symbol. It is a quiet anchor in the heat and shadow, embodying both presence and tentative movement. The foot gestures toward the world outside this suspended state, highlighting the tension between the desire to move forward and the weight of hesitation. It speaks to the uncertain steps of youth, caught between light and shadow, clarity and obscurity, caught in the delicate space between who one is and who one might become.