Unknown Nature (Birth of the Universe)

This mandala-like oval reads as a vessel and a portal at once—an inner landscape held in careful symmetry, where layered greens and earthen ochres suggest growth tempered by memory and ritual. The central, womb-shaped chamber gathers light as if it were breath, while concentric “eyes” and seed-like dots propose watchfulness, incubation, and the quiet intelligence of nature. Encircled by a thorned halo of leaves and anchored to a red, geological base, the composition stages a tension between protection and exposure, inviting the viewer to contemplate how renewal is always bordered by vulnerability. Its meticulous patterning turns the image into a contemplative diagram, a spiritual cartography of cycles: germination, guarding, and emergence.