Meditation 197 (The Eye of the Universe)

Anchored by a burnished, concentric core that reads like a quiet mechanical iris or a meditative mandala, the composition pulls the eye inward while simultaneously radiating outward in tremoring rings. A patchwork of softened pastels—sky blues, blush reds, and pale greens—sits beneath veils of grain and abrasion, suggesting memory layered over measurement, emotion over design. The heavy black border functions as both containment and tension, turning the central vortex into a studied specimen within a larger, unstable field of color. In this dialogue between precision and weathered texture, the work evokes the way order is continually negotiated—circled, revised, and re-centered.