Batu (Untitled)

This close-cropped profile portrait holds its subject in a hush of inward attention, the softened modeling of the face rendered almost luminous against a restless field of scraped color and graffiti-like marks. The calm, green-tinged skin and measured highlight across the brow create a sanctuary of stillness, while the turbulent reds and aquatic blues behind her behave like memory—layered, weathered, and insistently present. By placing serenity beside abrasion, the work suggests identity as a palimpsest: a quiet self continually negotiated against the noise of environment and time.