Morning 2 (Diptych)

Set against a tessellated field of earthen reds, the paired roosters appear like emblems suspended in time—each enclosed within a faint circular halo that reads as both spotlight and protective seal. The composition’s symmetry is deliberately unsettled by the birds’ opposing stances, turning a simple rustic subject into a quiet confrontation between assertion and restraint. Fine, wiry strokes describe plumage with almost calligraphic insistence, while the warm mosaic ground absorbs light, suggesting a world of labor, dust, and ritual where identity is defined by posture. In their mirrored isolation, the figures become less about fauna than about duality—pride and vigilance—held in a still, ceremonial pause.