Untitled 3 (Crimson Tide)

This composition builds itself from a mosaic of translucent planes, where cool violets and electric blues act as a quiet architecture for a radiant core of ember-like reds and golds. The gridded structure suggests order, yet the brushed veils and scraped passages allow emotion to leak through the seams, turning each square into a memory fragment rather than a fixed tile. Light feels internal—less illumination than ignition—so the work reads as a cartography of rising intensity, as if warmth is patiently asserting itself within a surrounding hush. In the tension between geometry and drift, the painting proposes a psyche negotiated in layers: containment on the surface, ardor underneath.