Faces 1

Two interlocked profiles—faceted like carved stone—hold the picture plane in a tense duet, their shared geometry suggesting the way identity is built from overlapping selves rather than a single, seamless face. The burnished gold palette behaves like a tarnished icon, catching light in angular planes that feel both protective and brittle, as if memory has been hammered into form. Against the void of black, a slender sprig rises with quiet insistence, its organic delicacy countering the rigid architecture of the figures and proposing growth as an act of defiance. A thin red line cuts across the lower field like a boundary or wound—an understated rupture that keeps the composition honest, reminding us that renewal is rarely unmarked.