Origin 13

A totemic, vessel-like form rises from a field of weathered bands, its triangular crown and drifting oval body suggesting an icon excavated from time rather than painted in the present. The restrained palette of ochres, ash-greys, and burnt umbers behaves like oxidized metal and eroded stone, where light is not cast but sifted through patina, granting the surface a quiet, archaeological radiance. A vertical sequence of dark apertures reads as both scars and portals—measurements of absence—guiding the eye down the axis like a meditative tally of memory and loss. Between strict geometry and dissolving texture, the work holds a tense poise: an altar of order built atop the beautiful instability of decay.